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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1953)
4 Cc IV CtatMsnoa Satan. Ort. Friday, Aug. 21. 1953 "No Favor Sways V No Fear Shall Awe" -'frtannt tUteaxsaa. tlarcn U. US1 ; Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher .Publlad ovary wornlnx. BuaUMsa' ottos 2S9 '.'Morta Chord! St.. Salem. Of, Telephone 1-3441 - Entarad at tbe poatolnee at aJanu Ora aa aacona claaa matter under act at Coagraaa March S. 17. " Member Associated Press Tba Associated Pren at- entitled exeiualvely to tha baa . tor republication of all local oewa printed ta uua I Sultan to Corsica After juggling, the Issue for several days the' French deposed the Sultan of Morocco and deported him and two of his sons to the island of Corsica. Before this they had resisted the efforts of the Berber tribesmen -who previously had deprived Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef of his spiritual authority over the Moslems of Morocco. The Berber leader, Pasha El Glauoi of Marrakesh, had tried at the same time to strip the Sultan of his temporal powers. The French declared they were obligated under the treaty establishing the French Protectorate r over the- kingdom to safeguard the person of the Sultan. When the warlike Berbers began to march on the capital at Rabat the French ditched the Sultan, ostensibly to prevent bloody warfare. Actually the Sultan has been a thorn in the side of the French because he refused to approve the French orders for local reforms, demanding instead a larger measure of independence. The nationalist movement has been strong in Morocco hut the Berbers oppose the na tionalists and have backed up French rule. This division among the population' has been used by the French as an argument for con tinuing the Procetorate. At the UN General Assembly last fall when the Arab-Asian group brought up the question of Morocco and Tunis the French delegation stayed out of the meeting in protest against consid eration of the questions. At heart the French probably welcome the excuse to deport the Sultan perhaps they encouraged the Ber ber uprising.' It's Not the Postman " 4 If your doorbell rings some day and a somewhat embarrassed civil servant greets ypu when you open the door and asks you It you've paid your , income tax don't grab the broom or the rolling pin. He can show his credentials if you ask him to; and he prob ably doesn't like the assignment any more than you like to have him ask such a ques tion. He is merely doing his duty on the orders of the, Internal Revenue Commission er T. Coleman Andrews. ' A law passed in 1928 requires the revenue collectors to canvass their districts from time to time to see if persons liable to a tax have paid. This seems to be the first year the mandate is being complied with literally. The "new broom" in Washington evidently is determined to sweep clean, especially where there is tax delinquency. If you have paid your tax your visitor will tip his hat and go on down the street If you haven't he may tarry a while to ask "How come?" This check-up is spotted, not universal; but it may prompt tardy folk to pay up on their tax installments. Better answer the door belL This government agent, unlike the postman, may ring more than twice. GRIN AND BEAR IT ByLichty Rails, trucks and planes are in hot com petition for business; but pipelines keep edg ing' in and taking business without much fanfare. Over 9000 miles of pipeline for conveying oil and oil products were laid in the past two years. Experiments are, even going forward on moving coal by pipeline, first crushing it fine then propelling it in a water bath. A big pipeline to convey petrol eum from-the Alberta fields to tidewater is nearing completion; and rival companies are competing for the privilege of transporting natural gas to .the Pacific Northwest. Next to water transport pipelines offer the cheap est form of conveyance for gas and liquids. (Continued from page one) "Httltj, I stand tor tkm 'gffst ...vatCi thst fee M e T Inside TV far tkm mrtit mumbf' for ra-aactfeff next ytf0 friendly with "the West, and It Is assumed that the policy of the new government will be orient ed in that direction. This may be straining one's hopes. It is true that Mossadegh lately had given the Communist Tudeh party its head, probably a cal culated risk on his part Actu-. ally however the old premier moat of the time had kept the Red element in check. And though he who had whipped the hatred of the populace against Britain so successfully is now undone it is too much to be iiv that tha nationalist spirit he engendered will quickly be erased. The Jinni has been let out of the bottle. Even the Shah will hesitate before he welcomes the British back to Adaban. ttill another tale has been ed to the 1001 of the Arabi an Nights Entertainment, a grewsome story. This one seems to be in serial form; and the world awaits the . next instal ment. Egypt lately chased out the king and set up a republic, with a small group of army officers pulling the tricks. In Iran the army clique rallied behind the monarch, and bade him return to his country. In each case the new bosses promise reforms. In both -the need for reform is . great In Iran the possibilities seem greater for properly exploited can be 'of great benefit. In Britain has been Change of Mind or Change of Pace It is by no means clear whether the new Department of the Interior power policy represents a change of mind or change of pace. Perhaps something of both. A change of mind from the Ickes dream of general public ownership of power systems; and a change of pace in the way of heel-dragging by the government on those projects lying within Interior's definition of those which the federal government should build. Whatever the change it does illustrate that governments may be fickle as well as in dividuals. The New Deal invasion of the power field of the Northwest pretty well . paralyzed efforts of local distributing sys tems, public and private, to meet their own needs lor power. Some exceptions, of course. Now we may expect a scramble as dis tributing systems shake a leg to provide more ; generating capacity. The new dams will take care of expanded needs for a few years; but jthere will have to be fresh "starts" soon or we'll have a recurring brownout j , -Salem's streets are quite well marked, and the new concrete sign posts are quite at tractive. But still there is no street marker at one of the busiest intersections, N. Capitol and Center. There are all sorts of highway and "one-way" signs; but none designating the streets. A lone sign says "State Hos pital" and points out Center street. The city's sign department should install correct markers there. Why don't the Reds release Maj. Gen. Dean? He has been a prisoner since the early days of the war and should have been among the first to be repatriated. Surely they have n't accused him of "war crimes." I . 1 Joe McCarthy has flushed a bookbinder in the government printing office who is accus ed of being ;a commie back in 1938. If Joe is getting down to such small fry he must be running out of material. r, The Corvallis Gazette-Times has surprised Its readers by telling them about poison hem lock. News to us too. All the poison hemlock Y'e ever heard of was what Socrates drank, poison oak we know well enough to avoid. ( Some of the theaters are planning to install 3-D. We think we'll wait though for the real enterpriser who puts in the fourth dimension. Now that Russia has the H-bomb too the importance of the "trigger finger" is vastly increased. Editorial Comment WE BORROWED THE LIMIT The Oregon Highway commission has sold another $32 million bond issue, making a total of $72 million borrowed against the state's fu ture revenues from gasoline taxes and motor vehicle licenses. This is all that the legislature authorized, and as we understand it the state is now in hock to the full legal debt limit for highway construction. The first $40 million already has been spent on paper, and contracts will be let for ex penditure of the new bond money within the near future, the commission says. It looks as though all of this money is to be spent with out providing one of Oregon's is to be spent without providing one of Oregon's greatest highway needs a four-lane road be tween Salem and Portland. A large part of the new money will go into the Wilsonville cutoff expressway, but even that will not be com pleted. And when it is finally finished, probably with money borrowed against revenues of the still-more-distant future, we will have an ex press highway leading into the most congested section of over-crowded west Portland. This kind of planning may be good for west Portland business but it is not furthering an adequate system of state highways. Canby Herald. Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute Compromise Would Be Fatal to Iran's New Regime TV Declared to Be I n Need of Writers BY EVE STARR NEW YORK TELETORIAL: Those big fat checks which the networks are handing TV's top performers are fine and dandy. The performers are probably worth it But "a performer is only as good as his material." A few of those fat checks should be waved sr-rw5 in the general direction of the writers. Much of X -the hackneyed material now fed to a suffering TV audience is the direct result oi poor writing. That's because, with few exceptions, good writ ers are not being lured to TV the pay is better , elsewhere. The countless soap operas, poor comedies land westerns are rapidly becoming a drug to 'most viewers. There's a crying need for good writing but it wont come about on a mass scale until the "hire-men" realize one simple fact: "The play's the thing." It is gratifying to note that two stations, WSAZ in Hunt ington, West Virginia, and WBEN, in Buffalo, N; .Y., took a firm stand against bringing horror scenes into homes by re fusing film clips from the Paramount chiller, "War of the Worlds." The management of the Huntington stotion declared that "a horror picture of this caliber is perhaps suited best to theater entertainment where the vieicer has a widi latitude of choice as to whether he will attend or not." The management of the Buffalo station was more direct, declaring that such scenes would scare children. The action by these two stations may cause others to stop and ponder. The parade of brutality, ranging from knif ings to shootings, has been a constant irritation to most par ents, who find themselves forced to police their children and to take Valuable time to brief themselves on all TV pro grams so as to protect their children from objectionable shows. r Actually, networks and local stations should realize the vast influence of TV over young and impressionable minds and limit entertainment containing horror elements and brutality to such hours as when young people are in school. Or better yet elimin ate this kind of material entirely (although this is probably too much to hope for from the top brass in TV). . SELECTED SHORTS: Cliff Robertson landed the title role in "Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers" after a five month search, with 80 aspirants being interviewed . . . Joel Gray, the young comedian (21) has signed with ABC-TV as a recording star; he already has a hot recording, "Too Young to Tango," to his credit ... Several sponsors are eyeing Sammy Kaye'f novelty show, "So You Want to Lead a Band," which' NBC hopes to launch this Fall . . . Richard Quine, film actor-director (formerly married to the late Susan.Peters), has been set to direct Mickey Rooney's pilot telefilm, starting Sept. 3, for NBC . . . "How d'ja know it was the maid?" Bob Hope was asked while referring to his visit to the nudists' convention. "Well . . . " stammered Bob, "I knew for sure it wasn't the butler 1" (Copyright 1953, General Features Corp.) Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago August 21, 143 Seven University of Oregon fraternities house civilian stu dents but dormitories are used by soldiers assigned for train ing. Manpower chairman 7 Paul V. McNutt called for 2,600.000 workers to shift from non-essential Jobs to "war useful" jobs. Mr. and Mrs. George Graben horst received word from their son, Richard, of his promotion to second lieutenant in the southwest Pacific area. 25 Years Ago Aagust 21, 1S2S Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of 'the Republican presidential can didate, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Whittier College. Distribution of 1000 samples of Marioil county flax played a part in obtaining the Kiwanis convention for Salem in 1929. - Sam Laughlin, member of the State Industrial Accident Com mission, is attending the nation al convention of industrial acci dent commissioners in Patter son, N. J. 40 Years Ago August 21, 191$ Compilations made by deputy secretary of state Kozer show the state will have 250,000 vo ters in 1914. I. H. Van Winkle, assistant attorney general of Oregon, was chosen to head the Willamette Law School as dean, filling the vacancy of Judge Charles Mc Nary, resigned. A local bakery furnished the Ringling Bros., circus showing here with 600 loaves of bread, 6000'buns, 205 dozen doughnuts, 125 dozen cup cakes, 300 pies and 40 layer cakes. By J. M. ROBERTS. JR. Associated Press News Analyst ' No word has come from Tehran yet. beyond the known friendliness of the Shah toward the West, to indicate that the royalist coup holds any great promise of settlement of the Anglo-Irani an oil dispute. All the evidence as we know it is that the best; way the new regime could kill itself aborning would be for it to display any sign of com promise athis point There was some hope in British and American circles that eventu ally, if Iran's Internal affairs could be improved somewhat, an atmos phere would be created in which there might be a settlement of Brit ish claims to compensate for the oil field expropriation. x In that ' event, the Western powers would be disposed to help Iran get her oil back on the market, although it would mean; some pretty drastic adjustments la the world oil indus try, which has expanded in the last two years to do without it There was little or no hope, and bo particular desire, for a return of the British to the fields. Anglo Iranian Oil Co. stock went up at the news, presumably on the hope of compensation rather than -return. The company long ago turned, its full operating interests else where, i -. The chief interest for. the mo ment lay in whether the Irictors in Wednesday fighting would be able .to hold the position they have won, and in so doing halt the slide of Iran into the arms of Russia. The chief worry lay in the fact lhat during all of the hubbub noth ing has been, heard from the Tudeh .(Cornrnsnist) 'Party, which, al though technically outlawed, has been- described as the most co hesrre political force in Iran ' It seemed : ta be lying back, .'watching for a break. . There was no tendency to under estimate the remaining strength of the forces of ousted Premier Mos aadegh, and what might happen If ;they combined with the Tudeh, as they have shown signs of doing in' the past, for counterattack. One of the volatile factors in the situation was Ayatolla Kashani, leader of a fanatical, nationalist and murderous religious sect who has walked first one wa and then another, to further his own political interests. At different times he has worked both with and against Mos sadegh, both with and against the Communists, and for the moment he supports the royalist coup. He would hardly seem a dependable ally. The new regime seems to have the army and the police. It has heavy support from the northern tribes, traditional foes of Commu nism. But intrigue runs sharply through all elements in Iran, mak ing any lineup look like quicksilver. None of them look like coopera tion with the West though if the Shah now chooses to use the sup port which he only just learned be has, some semblance of coopera tion might be resumed officially even if it didn't go very deep among the people. But even an entirely victorious Shah could not restore the old con tractual oil arrangement with Britain. The best anyone can do now is keep Russia out Better English By D. C WILLIAMS Literary Guidepost By W. G. ROGERS fv THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING, by James Yaffe (Atlantic-Little, Brown; $150). Norman Kramer, over-worked, over-conscientious, is bow ed under the weight of troubles . . his brother Leo's troubles. Norman the elder, indeed though only 32 the Elder of the entire Jewish clan of Kramer, whether the rich or only fairly comfortable branch, has ap pointed himself his brother's keeper. He is the drudge. When ;he can't handle Leo, he has to call in relatives, which serves constantly to remind them of 'his drudgery. , At the very start of this novel, Leo is in a jam. Playing cards - at the club, he slipped one out of his sleeve and got caught by Manny Feldspan, who can have him barred from all New York dubs for life. Norman knows' this isn't the first time, for there have been hiked checks- and other offenses, but since he still feels Leo must be saved, he appeals to wealthy, complacent Uncle Myron, and once more gets Leo off the hook The family spares Norman and spoils Leo. For good pa tient Norman's sake they finally cook up a scheme to marry the good-for-nothing to rich Brenda Goldhill from Omaha, Nebr. Ev erybody is in on the game. Un cle Myron and Aunt Ruth, the brothers' insipid mother, Leo himself, everybody, that is ex vcept Norman, and they all in tend to conceal it from him. There are scenes of recrimin ation, with Norman tuning Leo how blameworthy he is, and Leo turning angry, then softening, then softening Norman himselt Norman tries to shame' him oat of the marriage, even thinks of telling the sordid story. to Brenda. There are ingenious switches of mood, and a deft treatment of incident I like Yaffe fa the light moments which seem to come naturally; when he's seri ous, tha wheels creak. 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "In so far as I know, that is the lady who you are seeking." 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "forbade"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Delicasy, hypoc risy, autopsy, fantasy. 4. What does the word "con comitant" (noun) mean? 5. What is a word beginning with os that means "exclusion by general consent from com mon privileges"? ANSWERS 1. Omit "in." and say, "So far as 1 know, that is the woman whom you are seeking." 2. Pro nounce the a as in bad, not as in aid. 3. Delicacy. 4. That which accompanies. "The concomitant of ingratitude , is hardhearted ness." 5. Ostracism. Bay Street Keeps Tourists at Bay NEWPORT, un Tourists often turn from the Coast Highway here and go down Bay Street expecting to reach the bay. They don't though, for Bay Street doesn't go there. Confusions results. ; The City Council got a petition this week asking re-naming of the street to avoid further : trouble. But the Council decided, that would cause too much trouble in re-naming maps and directories. ' The Council's solution: Put np a "dead end street" sign and hope tourists don't think the street ends at the bay.' Ships:; from Norway, Great Britain, South Africa, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Panama hunt whales annually under an 'avrrmmnt that limits tha total t catch, .:. . .. " New Patented Vacuum Cleaning Equipment TO SERVICE AND CLEAN All DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL ' HEATING UNITS, CHIMNEYS & DUCT SYSTEMS All Work Guaranteed by Co Jo toisifi) C. Established Iron Fireman Dealers n the oil riches both however the scapegoat of political hatren due in part to its old coloniaj policy. It r mains to be see whether the new leadership $n both these countries is competent enough and wise enough to carry the nations forward o political sta bility and economic health. In tractable though he was, old Mossadegh gave to the people of Iran a vision which decent events will not dully obscure. Ashland Defeats Purchase bf Pool ASHLAND (J) 1,486 to 150, day defeated a chase the Twin facilities. Cost to! have been $55,000 By a vote of Ashland voters Tues- rJroposal to pur- Pljtnges swimming the city would McNary Airport TcV Publish Rules Airport Manager Charles Bar clay, and I CAA Traffic Safety Agent Edj Leach conferred Thurs day on rules to govern -McNary rieldi The co regulatio plete set 'of rules and will be published after I completely formulated.. Closing Of the tower June 30 prompted the move. r Leach, making his monthly visit front Portland, also granted pilot licenses. . ; j . SURGICAL 5 i r SUPPORTS Of all kinds. Trusses, Abdominal Supports, Elaatle HosieryExpert i ntters-f rrlvate Pitting Rooms. ,. Ajsk Tear Doctor" Capital Drug Store 1 j 405 State St V f Corner of Liberty t S and n Green Stamps ' " : j" 1 . j - , SEfiliTIMS T ' ' I j : r ' POWERFUL! 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