4 C5e 1) -Statesman Salem, Or. Thmsu Sept. 3, 1953
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"Ao Favor Sways Us No Fear ShaU Atc"
From First Statesman. March 3S, 18S1
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V. . Statesman Publishing Company
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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clan matter lUMer act ax congress
Member Associated Press
Tba 4aaoetated Proa ia antiUad nrtnttroly to the oaa
foe republication of- aA local aewa oriatetf la
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Oregon and the Offshore Lands Act
When Attorney General Thornton, a Dem
ocrat, queried the State Board of Control,
whose members all are Republicans,' on
whether Oregon should join with other states
in challenging the recent act of Congress
yielding jurisdiction over offshore lands to
adjacent states, the reply he got was some
thing of a "tour de force." The board drove
the ball back hard" into Thornton's corner,
with five questions tagged onto- it which
really invite a negative answer.
The board in, its zeal, however, got off the
beam in its rejoinder. It counted as a "gain"
to the state not only the 676,000 acres of
offshore lands but "400,000 acres under the
bays and navigable streams.' While it is true
the 1953 Act of Congress confirmed the
state's title to the latter this was not'brought
into question by the Supreme Court in the
California and Texas cases. The federal gov
ernment had never asserted claim! to these
lands, and the administrative officials when
they ; were making surveys to apply the
ruling of the Supreme Court drew lines to
leave under state jurisdiction lands under
bays 1 and estuaries ank under navigable
streams. ' J i '
The board made a minor faux pas when it
declared itself "the trustee of these lands
lying under the sea and under navigable
waters for the common school fund of
Oregon." Actually, it is the State Land Board
which administers these lands as trustee for
the school fund.
While The Statesman believes that all off
shore lands should remain under the juris
diction of the federal government it thinks
the state officials should labor to protect the
interest of the state: If Oregon were an
inland state its officials could well reason
that it would fare better if offshore lands
were under federal jurisdiction, in which
case the royalties would go to the general
treasury. As a coast state, however, Oregon
may see some potential revenues from its
offshore lands (though no oil has been dis-
covered there yet), and favor the new law.
In the past, if memory serves us accur-
afely, the disposition of attorney generals
of Oregon has been to line up behind the
claim of states' . rights to lands, although
Oregon did not join with other states as
amicus curiae on the California side in the
latter" battle for retaining offshore lands
- which, have yielded substantial revenues
from oil.
'Since the long-run advantage to Oregon
" is by no means clear either, way the issue is
decided, the state will do well to stay out of
the litigation. The chance of overturning the
congressional act seems to this paper quite
slim. Anyway, enough states are joining in
the legal action to make certain the law will
get a court test.
Pickers at Alderman Farms. on
road picked 146 tons of beans
"Jack and the Beanstalk" story
rewritten now.
udget Directive Reflects Stard
Which May
By JOSEPH. AND
STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON An impor
tant faction within the Eisen
hower Administration is deter
mined to Sac
rifice a seri-.
' ous American
defense effort
in favor of a'
balanced
budget: Fo,r.
the time be-;
ing, moreover,
this faction
appears to
have the Pres
ident's back
ing. These eon-. ; Jom.,,1.
elusions are-; "
very clearly suggested by a
hitherto undisclosed and highly
significant exchange of letters
between the Budget Bureau, the
Defense Department, and the
White House.
Before Congress adjourned.
Budget Director Joseph Dodge
sent a form letter to Defense
Secretary Charles Wilson, The
neat of this letter was con
tained in the following para
graph: "The fiscal year 1955 budget
will have to show further sub
stantial reductions from the
fiscal year
19 5 4 revised
figures. These
reductions will
have to be at
least equal -to
and may have
to be greater
than those al
ready made in
the fiscal year
1954 budget"
Wilson
. itrwri .lm mailed over
" , - the Dodge di
rective for a couple of weeks,
'and then sent a reply. He point-,
edly reminded Dodge that "the
Congress was informed by both
.the Secretary of Defense and
the President that . .' . the new
Joint Chiefs of Staff .would
make an intensive and detailed
study of all. aspects of defense
. . . Until the completion of the
review of the military plan by
the Joint Chiefs, it would ap
pear undesirable to make an
estimate as to the amounts re
quired..." 'K
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British Leadership " " ,
We confess we are it bit mystified over a
i comment by our esteemed contemporary, the
Capital Journal, When it says respecting
some observations by Viscount Montgomery,
the victor of Alemein: ; .
He also insisted upon "live and dynamic lead
ership" on the political side, which', be must
know though he did not say, no longer exists in
his own country.- 7
We pose the question: Does "live . and
dynamic" leadership on the political side; no
"longer exist in Great Britain? We are quite
sure the Journal editor does not regret the
passing of the "live and dynamic" leadership
of the Labor party which pushed Britain
headlong into socialized medicine and na
tionalized many important lines of industry,
including steel. True enough, the Conserva
tives have not been "live and dynamic" in
marching toward Socialism or even in. re
versing the direction.
What the Conservative leadership has done
is to restore a large measure of vitality to
Britain's anemic economy. Exports have
risen, the trade import surplus has declined.
Some 58 per cent of British imports are now
free of quotas and controls and further
relaxation of restrictions is contemplated.
The food situation is greatly improved. Sugar
goes off the ration list this month; supplies
of meat are presently abundant. Britain's
-gold and dollar reserves have increased
nearly one-third this year and stand now at
nearly $2.5 billion, well above the dangerous
"low water mark."
The Churchill ministry cannot claim credit
for all the economic gain the London Econ
omist remarked in a recent issue: "For once
the stars in their courses have seemed to be
on the side of a British government." But
the measures imposed by R. A. Butler,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, have borne
good fruit.
As far as dynamic leadership in foreign
affairs is concerned, Premier Sir Winston
Churchill was quick to take the initiative
after Stalin's death and call for a four-power
conference, while our own administration
studiously contemplated its navel. Signs
indicate that Britain, long beleaguered at
home and abroad, is trying to reassert lead
ership in .a world groping for direction. And
when one compares the leadership in Britain
with the vacuum in France and Italy there
is much to be said for stability even if it is
not attended with zip and flash.
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Beer at State Fair
Since the repeal of prohibition in 1933 the
State Fair has not permitted the sale of beer
or other alcoholic beverages at the state fair
grounds. Nor was it sold thefe in the years
before prohibition. This year the board is
reversing its policy and permitting beer to
be sold. The Statesman regrets to see this
reversal of long standing policy. The mere
fact that sale of beer is legal does not justify
the action in opening up its sale at the fair
grounds.
The state fair attracts thousands of visi
tors, young and old, of all classes. Undoubt
edly there will be many who will want to
drink beer, though they have suffered no
hardship from its tack in the past. But in a
mixed crowd, many of whom are children,
beer can easily create unwholesome condi
tions. , The state already is in the liquor business
operating state stores; and it is partner in
the pari mutuel business. Surely it doesn't
have to take on all the "vices" and license
beer sales at the state fair too.
the Dr-ton
Monday.TThe
needs to be
Sacrifice U.S.
With this polite but firm re
joinder, round one apparently
went to Wilson. Round two
started when Wilson received a
second letter, this time from the
President himself, shortly be
fore the President left on his .
vacation. This letter closely fol
lowed the Budget Bureau line---indeed,
it was almost certainly
drafted by Dodge for the Presi
dent's signature.
like the Dodge letter, the
President's letter told Wilson to
"reduce current expenditures"
this being official language
for stretching oat defense
spending. The letter arged Wil
son to "correct" those Defense
Department practices which
had been criticised in Congress.
Finally, the Eisenhower letter
also called for redactions In the
forthcoming Defense budget
"beyond" those Indicated for
fiscal 1954."
Wilson dutifully circulated
this letter to top officials in the
Defense Department But Wil
son's famous stubborness can be
a virtue, and he repeated in his
covering note that the - Presi
dential letter meant "no
change" in Defense planning,
until the new Joint Chiefs had
completed their review. .
To judge from his response
to both letters, Wilson is more
aware than be once wis of his
grim responsibilities as Secre
tary of Defense. At any rate.
Wilson clearly lost round two,
since tht President's letter un
compromisingly backed the line
taken by Dodge in his original
directive. .
It is important to understand
what Defense cutbacks "beyond
those indicated for fiscal 1954"
would mean. The Reductions al
ready made in the current de
fense budget come to well over
$8,000,000,000, the great bulk of
this money from the Air Force.
A similar reduction from the
current level would mean a De
fense budget of around $28,000,-
000,000.
. : Defense "housekeeping" est-
Sys alone keeping the me a in
e arsaed forces paid and fed
and clothed and transported
now rnns to a hoot $22900,000,.
000 a year. This cannot be much
of Faction x
Defense Effort
red need without greatly reduc
ing force levels. A $28,000,000,
000 Defense budget would thus
hardly be sufficient to keep
procurement of aircraft and
other "hard goods" ticking over.
This is so even if unexpended
balances were very heavily
drawn on which would knock
subsequent budgets out of kil
ter. To take one example, a'
$28,000,000,000 Defense Budget'
would probably mean accepting
an air strength level of about
85 groups, as against the 143
groups which the Joint Chiefs
only last year laid down as the
minimum requirement for
American air strength.
A Defense Budget of about
$28,000,000,000. in short, simply
will not permit any kind of real
defense against the steadily
growing Soviet air-atomic capa
bility. ,
The Podge and- Eisenhower
letters were, no doubt, more an
expression of a fervent hope
than a firm declaration of in
tentions. Yet they suggest the
kind of pressures under which
the new Joint Chiefs are oper
ating, as they proceed with
their "new look" at our defense
levels.
There are, however, at least
two factors which are operating
against this pressure for a bal
anced budget at almost any
cost One factor is the Soviet
hydrogen bomb, which had not
been tested when the new
chiefs were appointed, or when
Dodge and the President wrote
(heir letters to Wilson. Another
. factor is a new and careful
study of our strategic situation,
in the light of the Soviet air
atomic threat
This new study, which will be
considered in a forthcoming re
port in this space, is the last of
a series, all of which point, not
to less spending j for our de
fenses, but more. These two
factors are certain to weigh
very heavily with the - Joint
Chiefs. They are also certain to
weigh very heavily with Presi
dent Eisenhower, on whom the
awful responsibility of making
the final decision rests.
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New York Herald Tnbuna. Inc
GRIN AND BEAR
"...Oh, tht usual thimgs that kapptm to overy child... shWowoaf "
by socrtf police when f was a ...safft to Stbtia at 7. ..too
pttt tm the counter revolution whom I was ..."
Inside TV . . .
NewShows Readied
To Replace Failures
By EVE STARR
HOLLYWOOD A "casualty show" is one which doesn't pull
a rating, and is accordingly junked by its network or sponsor.
To prepare for the decline and fall of such a show, the net
works develop a substitute show. When the "casualty occurs, the
alternate is rushed in, like a relief pitcher who
m v
attempts to save the day for his team.
. The too brass watch the different TV audi
hm 1
fin to the same
4 sponsor feel justified for their big extra cash
, outlay.
Examples of last year's casualties are "Life With Liiifiri,"
"There's One in Every Family," and "Hollywood Opining
Night," which unfortunately tried to buck the "I Love Lucy"
show on another network. Curiously, Ezio Pinza, a 1951-52
casualty, will be back on the picture tubes this fall in a new
situation comedy called "Bontno." This will replace the CBS'
"My Hero" series, a casualty of last season. Red SkeltGn, a
NBC casualty of last season, was straight away picked up
by CBS for the following Fall series.
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What is a casualty for one network may not necessarily be
. in that class on another network Some of the casualty shows are
now making more money for their sponsors on the syndicate
circuit than they have as a network show. These include "Gang
Busters," "The Doctor" (a casualty of last season), "Boston
Blackie," and now "My Hero." Programs in various stage of
development on the CBS network are "Vanity and Mrs. Fir,"
"Professional Father," "That's My Boy," "December Brde."
"Young Love," and "The Jimmy Boyd Show." All bright hopefuls
ready to step in just in case. .',
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BATON STORY: Admiral, Colonel, Sheriff, Rancherknd
Mayor! They are arI honorary titles of band-lead r.r Sammy
Kaye, who has been handed those tags by Nebri!ca, Ken
tucky, Honolulu, Texas and Tin Pan Alley.
The star of TV's "So You Want To Lead a Band," iund
radio's "Sunday Serenade" started out to be a citnl engineer.
His low-hurdle skill won him an athletic scholarship to Qhio
University, where he excelled in football and basketball as
a freshman.
He soon shelved sports to
band he formed. That started his phenonemal " Swing iind
Sway" reign.
Versatile Sammy not only makes tunes famous but, has
written such songs as "Remember Pearl Harbor" and "Until
Tomorrow." His poetry reading on radio led to the publica
tion of a book of verse that sold 250,000 copies. Now he has
authored a second.
...
STARR SPECIALS: Ring Lardner'i properties were recently
bought by Robert Alrich, film director. John Lardner, who will
write the telepix of his father's works, has already completed the
adaptation of "Liberty Hall" to serve as a pilot film for the series.
.... George Jessel will emcee ABC's "Comeback," a third show
for the entertainer, if he can muster the time. . . . Eddie Cantor's
definition of a strewball is "One who never hangs anything up."
... "Robert Montgomery Presents," "live" from New York, will
resume its new Fall series August 31. His "Summer Stock" is one
of the best dramatic offerings during the vacation session. . . .
Zsa Zsa Gabor, commenting on her competition, says, "She's
notheeng but wan beeg spousetrap!"
(Copyright 1933, General feature Corp.)
Dtp bilJUUS TPCDCDDa
(Continued from page one)
irrigation of the land by the
water made available under this
contract are not abandoned or
relinquished but are reserved
and retained by the United
States for. the performance of
this and similar contracts."
This claim to control of return-flow
waters has been a vex--ing
question in federal-state re
lations in irrigated sections. The
Interior Department under
Ickes was disposed to claim
federal proprietorship of waters
and this was vigorously resisted
by landowners who claimed
vested rights under state laws.
jOregon ought not to fcede any
part of its sovereignty over wa
ters, even if they are waste or
return-flow waters.
The purpose of this type of
water contract is to provide
water from the government stor
age to forward-looking farmers
who can use it on their lands.
It is recoenized that conditions
in the Willamette Valley are so
different from those in arid
sections of the country that
special legal devices must be
employed because the landown
ers here will not put their necks
in the old yoke of Irrigation
districts. ' - '
The method employed, how
ever, is, not without risk. What
the valley is apt to get is par-
tial and piecemeal development
Lands that may be watered at
very low cost from dams or
from streams "will get water
while the back lands will not
IT
By Lichty
ence ratings and yank the program whkh is
being by-passed by the viewers. They then go to
the hull-pen and call in a nice fresh, eager, well-
developed replacement
If the stand-in show keeps the viewers tuned
channel, then network and
earn his way by directing a"
In the end we may have only
spotted development in which
the full use of water and land
resources will not be made.
What seems required is compre
hensive planning and subse
quent improvement according to
the plan. The Salem office of
the bureau has done a great
deal in the way of engineering
planning, but other phases of a
program of irrigation ( for the
valley have received t scant at
tention The Willamette Rivpr
Basin Commission and the Wil
lamette Basin Project Commit
tee ought to undertake the local
end of the overall planning in
cooperation with landowners.
Br D. C WILLIAMS
L What is wrong with this
sentence? "I like all kind of
movies, but nothing like as
much as I do opera." i
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "regatta"?
3. What one of these words is
misspelled? Bountious, luxuri
ous, delirious, malnutritious.
1
' ANSWERS .
L Say. -I like all kinds of
movies, but not nearly so much
as Ii do opera." 2. Pronounce
re-gat-a, e as ia me, first a as in
at accent second syllable. 3.
Bounteous.
Italian, Tjto .
Triesto Peace
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Seems Far Off
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By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Displays of Chauvinsim on both
sides' emphasize that Italy and Yu
goslavia are a long way from the
negotiated peace on Trieste' which
the western powers have been urg
ing them to attain for more than
a year. . '
Observers, however, were quick
to discount the possibilities of a
serious outbreak between the two
nations despite the bitterness of the
latest furore.
British, French and American
diplomats clamped down on Italy
for throwing troops up to the bord
er because of newspaper talk in
Belgrade.-
. .
These diplomats have do Idea
that Tito plans any overt action re
garding Trieste, and they dislike
any situation in which an "inci
dent could make the relations be
tween Italy and Yugoslavia worse
than they are. ' -
Zone B of the Trieste territory,
separated from Italy after the war,
is administered by Yugoslavia.
Various decrees have tended more
and more to make it a part of
Yugoslavia.
It lies south of the once-important
port of Trieste and contains a
heavy Slovene population, as well
as some towns and small ports
which are primarily Italian.
The port area Itself, which -once
served much of central Europe,
is garrisoned by British and Amer
ican trooDS. hut its chief rmtire
force is made up primarily of Ital
ians. Italian control has . " just
growed" until, in every way ex
cept militarily, it is for all prac
tical purposes a part of Italy.
Italy displayed excitement over
the week-end at Belgrade talk that
Tito might decide just to annex
Zone B without waiting for any
settlement.
Yugoslavia had given the new
Rome government a good oppor
tunity to holler "wolf" and then
proclaim "we stopped em."l
Allied diplomats pointed out that
Tito would hardly make a break
over rocky, barren Zone B. there
by running the risk of trouble with
Time Flies
10 Years Ago
Sept 3, 1943
British . and Canadian forces
under the command of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower swept
across the strait of Messina and
landed on the beaches of Italy.
Congressman James W. Mott.
after completing a four-week
schedule of visits in the first
congressional division of Ore
gon, returned to Washington.
Donna McKinley, Shedd 4-H
club girl, sold her grand cham
pion, hog for $776.25, the high
est per-pound ever paid for a
4-H club animal in Oregon.
25 Years Ago
Sept 3,' 192S
A slight ! earthquake shock
was felt at Newport The Abbey
Hotel was shaken by a tremblor
that lasted two or three sec
onds. Dr. Estella Ford Warner was
named director of the Marion !
County Child Health Demon-;
stration to succeed Dr. Wm. De
Klein, resigned.
Olive Gatterdam of Seattle
came within 220 yards of win
ning $10,000 when she was
beaten out for first place in the
Wrigley ten-mile marathon on
Lake Ontario by a New York
girl. jShe won a $3,000 prize.
40 Years Ago
Sept 3, 1913
Eleven aviators have' been
killed since experiments were
started with "heavier-than-air"
machines in 1908-10 in the
Scellars,
HILLARY
Booster Flyer
Due to Land in
Salem
Th4 Flying, Paul Revere,"
50-year -old Max Conrad, who has
flown 'almost 14,000 miles in a
light (lane visiting every state
capital in the United States, will
arrive la at McNary Field bout
4 p. m. today. , , .
Reason , for the flight is to
bring letters urging comprehen
sive state programs for the gold
en anniversary observance of the
Wright brothers' flight in 1903.
He will be met at the field by
representatives of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the State
Board ; of Aeronautics, the Civil
Air Patrol and the Air Scouts.
He fs to be escorted to the Capi
tol Building where he will de
liver scrolls to representatives of
the Board of Aeronautics, CAP
and Junior Chamber.
A banquet in his honor will be
held at 7:30 tonight at the Sen
ator Hotel, to which the public
is invited. Guest speaker will be
Conrad, with other speakers in
cluding Mayor Alfred Loucks and
CoL George LaBrech, base com
mander of Portland International
Airport He is slated to leave
Salem at 7 a. m. Friday.
The . conclusion of Conrads
trip is to be a non-stop flight
from San Francisco to New York.
America, Britain and France who
have been giving him so much sup
port when be already had control
anyway.
In order to influence the IMS
elections in Italy, the western Al
lies announced a policy of eventu
ally giving all of Trieste back to
Italy. Since then, Tito has become
an any or sons and a recipient ol
both i economic and military aid.
But .Yugoslavia is. not as much a
member of the family as former
enemy Italy, which belongs to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Allied policy has switched to an at
tempt to get the two countries to
reconcile their own differences,
Both avowed a public belief that
they could do it. Negotiations
showed only that both want the
territory and arc politically incap
able of yielding. About the best
the Allies can hope for now Is to
keep down the noise.
From The
Statesman Files-
Army. In the aviation field over
333 persons were killed in 1908.
George M. Cohan, well-known
actor, wrs badly injured when
thrown from a speeding auto
mobile in New York. His daugh
er Georgia, 13, was critically
hurt
, i
W. E. McElroy, director ofj
tht Portland Park Band, was
awarded the contract to furnish
concerts for the Oregon State
Fair.
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Steps Taken
Toward State
Aid for Roads-
Steps forward in getting state
aid for South River Road and .
South 12th Street cut-off were 1
taken Wednesday during a con- 1,
ference between State Highway 1
Engineer R. If. Baldock and
members I of Marion County
Court I '
The county court asked Bal
dock if the state would take over
maintenance of South 12th Street
from the city limits south to its
Junction with the Pacific, High
way. .. i : ' ;
Since the one-way traffic sys
tem was adopted for Salem
heavy highway truck traffic has
been routed over South 12th,
which is a county road. Main
te nance costs on the road have
soared since then, the court said.
because of the pounding given it
by the trucks. 0 , , . j.
Baldock i said that when the
East Salem bypass is completed
It would take most of the truck
traffic off South 12th. He agreed,
however, to present the court's
request to the next meeting of
the State -Highway Commission. ,
Baldock and the court also
agreed to a conference of state
and Marion County engineers on
the proposed site of realignment
of the South Rfver Road south of
Salem. .'.
A proposal of long standing
calls for improvement of the
narrow crooked road, using state,
federal and county jTunds. A "f
state survey of a new right-of-
way was labeled as too expensive
by the county court, which ln
turn offered a survey of its own.
uaiaocK suggested a compromise
probably could be made, ..
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