4 Th Statesman, Salem. Orw Tuesday, August It, 1853
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: Newest Russian Note
I What the Russians have gained out of their
1 latest proposals of peace for Germany is the
initiative. The United States, as it has done
Jniost of the time since Russian postwar ag
""igressiveness became evident, has set on its
hands as far as moves for peace are concern
w edf The. U.S. now replies that the Russians
2 Ce stalling on a Big Four meeting and on
J free elections for Germany but Russia grab-
-bed the headlines. . , ;
Now peace isn't going to come via head
lines; but headlines can affect prestige. Our
diplomats have not seized the initiative since
the Marshall Plan was offered to Europe. The
North Atlantic pact was essentially a defense
mechanism, and its value is waning as Europ-
,an nations fail to go through with creating
IT the international army. ?
What is in prospect now is just an ex-
Jehange of notes or of potshots which burden
ihe radio waves but fail to advance the cause
of world peace. Eventually though there must
be a meeting of officials at high levels either
following the, avenues of traditional diplom-
acy or in some conference such as Prime
linister Churchill proposed. The danger of
d;much note-writing is that the antagonists
L" assume rigid postures which prevent the con
Z. cessions which are preliminary to any settle
Jjnent except that imposed by force.
"National Issues" I &
; Fresh from her trip around the world
where she spent ' much time in J apan and
India Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt joins with oth
ers to form a National Issues organization.
Its evident purpose is to keep alive the aims
and objectives of the New Deal. Associated
with her are several who held places of pow
er in the administrations of FDR and Harry
Truman.- V-.
Where, one wonders, does this leave Amer
icans for Democratic Action? This was the
organization specially dedicated to advance
-the causes of the "true liberals." Ostensibly
bi-partisan, it derived virtually all of its sup
port from Democrats.
i Maybe one or both of these groups can re
vive the fever of the 1930s for making .oyer
the country! but history gives little support
for the theory. Every dog has its. day; and
so do political fashions. When the style
changes it is hard to retrace ground and pick
up the old enthusiasms. -Just now the trend
is toward conservatism. National Issues "will
find work to do; but if it looks back over its
shoulder very much it will fall flat on its
face.
1WHAT! M'SIEU DOESN'T CARE FOR SNAILS?
For some years the heads of the Farm Bu
reau and the Grange have favored flexible
price supports on farm products. The mem
bers of Congress under the spur of those from
farm states have kept in operation, the law
providing for firm, and high price supports.
In view of the heavy majority given by, wheat
growers to the continuance of the high parity
program it looks as though the politicians
were better: judges of farm sentiment than
the leaders of farm organizations. As a mat
ter of fact- though, few are happy with .the
system, even among its beneficiaries.
Those three and a quarter per cent bonds
the government put out last June have edged
above par, being quoted now at 100V4. Older
issues which had sagged far down in the 90s
have moved up a notch or two In part the
reverse trend corrects the excess down
swing; in part it reflects the slightly easier
credit policy of the Federal Reserve Board.
Meantime those who have held onto their
government bonds have suffered only a pa
per loss, for they will be paid at par at, ma
turity. What is needed is . to provide such
stability that the buying power of money
will not be further impaired.
The brawny Paul Bunyans who used to
fall the forest giants have laid .aside the axe
and crosscut saw in favor of the power-driven
rhain saw. Soon thev mav be able to aban
don wedges and sledges used to keep the saw Inside TV
from binding. A Californian has invented a -
hydraulic wedge which is getting a trial from
the Forest Service. After partial cuts with a
saw on both sides of the tree the leverage of
the wedge causes the tree to topple. If this
works Paul Bunyan really will be just leg
ryfS (m&r 7M
Robber Leaves
Store Owner
Handcuffed
ROSEBURG Jh - The co-part-ner
of a drive-in market here
was robbeo of more than $5,000
m cash and left handcuffed to an
electric motor overnight, state po
lice reported Monday.
Harry Crowdis, the market op
erator, was found Monday morn
ing when bis partner, C W. Kid
well, arrived to open the store.
Crowdis told police a gunman
accosted him at closing time Sun
day night, forced him to open a
safe containing the money sacked
for bank, deposit, then handcuffed
him.
' The port of Takoradi, on the
Gold Coast of Africa, can handle
three million tons of cargo a
ye-
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
r - Bf at aa ""ansa".. -sanas-sB-,
In a Venice canal a mot or boat smashed
into a gondola and four tourists almost
drowned. Now our ex-service men can start
all over again arguing whether the Army or
Navy has the worst of things.
Fall TV Schedules
Portend Real Treat ffnTfTffa
President Eisenhower has signed a bill
which helps to remove Indians in a number
of. states, including Oregon, from a second
class status. They are. made subject to state
laws instead of special laws of the federal
government. For example, they will have the
same rights in' buying impediment that has
prevailed for many, many years. Previously
-Oregon had eliminated the special legislation
discriminating against Indians. Such discrim-
ination is no longer valid.
jljOver Jn linn.County a cook sued hisfor-j ,
mer "employer, at" Lebanon logging lycootv
for $151,345, alleging he was badly man
handled by' his employer. -Evidently cooks
have heard of the jury gravy train in dam
age suits.
:'A Connecticut churca set a picnic for
6:282 p.m. " because people will remember
an unusual time like that." How about sched
uling services for 10:59 on Sundays?
The new phone book is toTbe out Nov. 2
and we can hardly wait to see if Zysset keeps
its place as that fascinating last name in the
list. . "
Editorial Comment
WHO LOST?
The grim game of asking "Who lost the Korean
war?" goes on. The Reds, of course say the "west
ern imperialist warmongers" and their ."South
Korean puppets" lost. So do some Americans.
But a former Red Army officer, Leon Volaov,
writing in Newsweek magazine, makes the most
succinct answer to this claim we have seen:
Moscow ordered the North Korean Army
Y' - to seize South Korea . But the invasion
" , failed.
The Soviets, he adds, sent generals and officer
instructors, tanks, weapons, and aircraft to in
sure the venture's success as they did in the
Spanish civil war in 1926-39, where tbey likewise
failed of their purpose. No amount of propagan
da then could hide that failure from the Russian
people nor, he adds, can it now.
Except, of course, as it is able to quote prom
inent Americans to support its claims of glorious
victory. (Christian Science Monitor)
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England's Conservative Party Currently
- Enjoying Resounding Political Success
By STEWART ALSOP
LONDON Most observers
; bere believe that if the Con
iservative government calls a
SjBeheralelection this autumn
JaS it may,4t is likely to be
Vstutned with a heavily increas
fid majoritly. in short the Coo
iaervative government is cur-
;rehtly enjoying a resounding po-
"litical success.
;This success is, of course,
''.closely connected with the ec
onomic recov-
f
ery which is so
striking a phen
omenon in
Great Britain.
Even the
staunchest ad
herents of the
g o v e r n
m e n t agree
that : there has
been a consider
able element of
ISfc-wart Afetm simple good
. iu( u uiui ec
onomic upsurge. But many So
cialists also privately admit
that there has been a consider
able element of simple good
management as welL
The most conspicuous good
manager has been R. A. Butler,
the able, rather frosty Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer. But
ler's thorough credit and other
fiscal policies were anything
hut popular at first Now un
employment (which reached
serious proportions some months
ago) has evaporated, business is
booming, and Butler has been
able to lift most of the hated
controls, ,and to offer the over
burdened British taxpayer some
small relief. .
Other good managers have
beea Harold MacMiUaa, Minis
ter of Housing, and Sir Walter
Moncktoa, Minister of Labor. Ta
the amaiement of all and the
disramfltare af the , Socialists,
MacMiUaa is la a fair way to
maklag good aa the Tories' pre
mise af SOlOOa sew houses.
Moncktan has calned the con
fidence af the laitiillv hosUle
La bar leaders to sack aa ex
tent that there have been fewer
man hears lost from strikes
thtn aader the Labor gevera.
j neat.
HuMex, MacMillan and Monck
ton are thus conspicuous ris
ing stars, Butler is now univer
sally regarded as the next Con
servative Prime Minister but
one, after Foreign .Secretary
Anthony Eden, who is likely
rather soon to succeed Sir Win
ston Churchill. If his title rules
out the exceedingly able Lord
Salisbury, either MacMillan or
Monckton may replace Eden in
the Foreign .Off ice (the latter
is a better bet, since Eden and
MacMillan do not get on well
together.) ' j - j
Aside from such individual
' success stories, however, the
central fact Is that the Conserv
ative party Js aw very mock
stronger than anyone weald ,
have predicted a year ago. By
the 'same token the Socialists, '
bitterly.: divided internally, no
longer confident of their doc
trines, their firm forecasts
f war and depression blows
higher thaa a kite, have reach
ed a new political low paint.
This conservative triumph has
real meaning for the United
States. Logically, it should be
very good news for the Ei.ien-
hower administration. The econ
omie recovery of America's ma
jor ally has long been a central
American objective. In a nar
rower political sense, it should .
encourage the Eisenhower Re
publicans that a moderate Con
servative government . which
does not attempt, to repeal the
twentieth ; century a me-too
government, if you will can
score a whopping political sue
eess. - - ,
Yet, paradoxically, the renew
ed strength and confidence of
the British Conservatives could
spell had trouble for the Eis
eahower administration.
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American prestige has never :
' since the war been lower 1 In r
" Britain. This is for various 'res- ;
sons. There is McCarthyism, of f
course, which American Ambas- ;
. sador Winthrop Aldrich has
courageously and accurately de r
scribed in cables to the State ;:
Department as an immense lia
bility to the United States..
. There Is resentment at what
the British consider Secretary of
State Joha Foster Dalles' at
tempts to bally them. There is
also what the British increasing
ly believe to be the unreason
able rigidity of Amerjcaa pol
icy. For such reasons, there has
never beea a time wbea "stand
ing ap to the Americans" - has
beea more popular and politic
ally rewarding. . .
This explains in part why
Churchill's famous May 11
speech, calling for a'four power
meeting at the highest level, re
ceived such an amazing re
sponse. Whatever else it was,
this speech was an act of polit
ical genius. This is demonstrat
ed by the fact that the Socialists,
heretofore accustomed to port
ray Churchill as a warmonger
with an itchy finger on the trig
ger, have now 'embraced him.
They accuse the Conservatives
of sabotaging Churchill's peace
initiative, which the Conserva
tives vehemently deny.
Churchill's speech was im
mensely popular, not only be
cause of the profound longing
for peace here, but because it
was generally interpreted as
"one ia 4ae eye for the Ameri
cans." Thus the United States
is confronted with a sitaatloa ia
which "standing ap to the Amer
icans" la both politically re
warding, and, thanks to the
British economic recovery, a
more practical coarse thaa it
has beea at any time si ace the
war. -
AU this is not to be taken to
mean that responsible British
leaders wish to rupture the Anglo-American
alliance,' or to ap
pease the Soviets (although
there are forces favoring ap
peasement on the right here as
well as the left) It does
mean that we are now entering a
peculiarly delicate and defficult
period in the relations between'
the United States and its major
ally. If this period is to be got
through safely, American pres
tige and confidence in American ,
intention must first be restored.
Fortunately President Eisen
hower, himself, whose personal
prestige Is undiminished, is per
fectly capable of. doing this es i
sential job of restoration.
-:! fOoyrisM 13X -Kw
York Herald Tribune, laej
. By EVE STARR ;
'NEW YORK It's all happened so gradually that most home
viewers' arent aware of it but the new fall season promises to be
the best and most entertaining in the history of TV.
; Just look at some of the scheduled shows and
performers. Not only are there such old standbys
(dont call them TV pioneers; it makes them feel
SO old), as Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Ed
Sullivan, Dinah Shore, and Lucy and Desi, who
will be presenting higher-budgeted shows in most
cases, but the comparative newcomers are going
to make their presence felt for sure.
Some of them are ABCi Danny Thomas show
and Ray Bolger program; NBC's Larry Storchfc
show; Eddie Albert's variety show for NBC
(switching from CBS), Patsy Kelly s new comedy
series; Loretta Young's teleseries (filmed); Ella Raines' half-hour
. dramatic show; Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, whose shows are
now being prepared; Joel Grey and Sammy Davis Jr., the NBC
comedians whose shows also are being scripted.
f Other highlights include Celeste Holm's filmed series
titled "Carolyn for ABC; John Roberts Powers and His fa
mous cover girls, fot whom a' suitable format is now being
sought; and the Olsen and Johnson comedy show, which is
being prepared by ABC. This netwofkr, incidentally, tcill
launch Lily Pons in a new situation comedy show.
Other shows and performers are under study by network '
executives, and some probably will be completed in time for
the Fall season of 13 weeks.
'
30-SECOND INTERVIEW: Betty Hutton tells me she won't
launah her TV show for at least a year. "I have a format ready,"
She says, "but I'm keeping it a secret It took me a long time tn
find a format that I feel the public won't tire of over At period of
time.-1 want to spend the next year cashing in on my night-club
act, since it took a lot of time, and cost a lot of money, to prepare.
I can't do justice to that if I start a TV show now. Besides that,
I want to do one or two films, especially the Sophie Tucker story,
and I'd also like to do 'Oklahoma,' for which I've been approach
ed but I would demand that the part be built up'to star billing.
I would guess offhand, since you ask, that it will be September of
1954 before I try TV, and more likely the winter of 1955."
.
EXCLUS1VES: TV goes to "war"! Tactical use of tele
vision to direct troop movements was demonstrated, recently
to West Point cadets at Fort Monmouth, N. J. They saw sim
ulated each invasion and destruction of an "enemy" radar
station at Fort Hancock 12 miles distant, "on half a dozen TV
sets. The camera was in a plane, with the picture being mi
crowaved to a mobile TV unit at Monmouth, then sent by
closed circiiit to the six screens.
!
Sylvia Sidney, darling of the strawhat circuit and legitimate
Stage (and before that, the films), will make her TV debut Sept
23 in a film titled "As the Flame Dies," one of the Ford Theater
series . . . Hey kids "Archie" will be on your home sets soon . . .
A cigarette outfit and a paint company are-sharing sponsorship of
ABC's "The Ray Bolger Show" at a cool $42,000 per week . . .
Sign on a Hollywood reducing parlor: "It's your BEFORE we're
after."
(Copyright 1953. General restores Corp.)
BHmBS8WKi
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
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(Continued from page one.)
that of Salem! 2,978,295 thou
sand gallons to 2,703,592. Med
ford used virtually the same
quantity as Salem. Perhaps the
lower cost in Eugene helps
account -for the greater con
sumption. The monthly mini
mum rates are as follows:
s" 1" 2" 4"
Eugene SI. 15, 1.65 . 3.10 8.40
Salem - ..120 2.60 7.00 19.00
For quantity consumed compari
sons are as follows:
300 600 1400
cu. ft cu. ft cu.ft
Eugene ..$1.15 1.43 2.25
Salem 1.20 1.70 2.90
Portland has the lowest wat
er rates 70c monthly minimum
which permits consumption up
to 600 cu. ft
Seventy-three cities have a
sewage service charge which
usually is just added to the
water bill.
Comparisons as reported do
not tell the whole story. The
amount of outstanding debt and
the interest charges are cost
factors not mentioned in the
study. The figures given, how
ever, suggest that a careful
study should be given to how
Salem's operations compare
with those in Eugene. Even
with higher rates our water
system income in 1951-52 wzs
less than that of Eugene:
$442,253 tor $512,936.
Generally the problem which
water lystems in Oregon have
is to meet the increasing de
mand. Oregon City and Glad
stone Tire in something of ia
quandary as to how to solve
their problems. Silverton had
to restrict irrigation. Salem has
been very fortunate with' ample
supply and excellent pressure.
A new feed line will need to be
built from the big: Turner res
ervoir and eventually another
line from the Santiam supply
source. Probably the best we
can hope for is to have sys
tem income carry the service on
present and ' futured indebted
ness. And if .we have had no
decrease in our water rates
(save one for use in the ir
rigating season) since the city
acquired the privately owned
plant, on the other hand we
have escaped an increase. But
it is always a good thing . to
check on your Operations by
making comparisons with those
elsewhere. The Bureau report
gives, msny figures pertinent to
such a comparison.
Better Ericlifili
Br D. C VfUXIAMS
- 1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "After reaching the
top of the motinUirjgwhe began
to climb down again?
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "inimitable"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Baricade, barome
ter, baroness, barrister.
4. What does the word "allit
eration" mean? i
. 9. What is a word beginning
with ar,that means "haughty"?
ANSWERS
L The word "climb" means to
ascend, and it, is Impossible, to
ascend down. Say, "be began to
descend, and' omit "again. 2.
Pronounce in-im-i-taJb'L all f s as
in It a unstressed, accent second
syllable. 3. Barricade. 4. Repe
tition of the same letter or
sound at the beginning of words
succeeding each other. 5. Ar
rogant , ! . ...
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workavsf. ai
i typical 4wty eapKslttt trick,
cms yea avt of rear ewfisa
There is about one acre of government-owned
.forest land for
each citizen in continental United
States.
-10 Years Ago
Aagost IS, 1943
Oren Lathrop Brown, region
al USO music adviser, choir
leader and voice teacher, is here
to train service men in com
munity singing.
William "Bill" Bra un was
elected lieutenant governor of
Kiwanis for this district at con
f ere nee in .Chehalis, Wash.
Ralph Campbell is president of
Salem club.
Salem and Canby were ad
vanced by Sen. Rufus C. Hol
man as favorable sites for pro
posed northwest alumina pro
cessing plant
25 Years Ago
Angust 18, 192$
The new First Presbyterian
Church on Chemeketa Street in
stalled a $15,000 Reuter pipe
organ, the first 'in Salem.
Don Moe of Portland won
honors in the qualifying round
of the Western Amateur golf
championship at the Bob'link
club in Chicago.
With the exception of Walnut
Park (only partly built up with
residences) the renumbering of
houses in Salem has been com
pleted. The work was in charge
of LeRoy Hewitt
j 40 Years Ago
' August 18, 1913
Over 350 citizens attended
the banquet in honor of Secretary-of
the Interior Lane, who
stressed the vast irrigation possi
bilities in Central Oregon.
Clark Irvine, former Salem
boy now of Santa Monica, Calif.,
author of "A Race for a Wife,"
sold movie rights to the Vita-
graph Company.
Oregon Lowers ,
D j , CD i
Receive Awards
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MORTON. Wash. W Two Ore
gon loggers j won awards ' in Jhe
Morton Loggers Jubilee! that ended
here Sunday. ; t
William
Landers, Lebanon, won
the power saw bucking contest
and John j Miller. Tillamook, won
the log; chopping event :
Miller set a world record in
chepping through a 14-Inch log in
38.4 secou
lids. .';
EGOT1
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SEATTLE If) A proposal was
made and jaccepted Monday for un
ion and management committees
to seek: reopening of stalled nego
tiations in the American Newspaper
Guild strike! that started July US
at the SeatUe Times.
The National Geographic Soci
ety says the Potomac Valley above
Washington, V. a, is rich in un
investigated Indian remains, . ,
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