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"No Furor Siooy ls. No Fear ShaU Awe"
From First guttmii, March Zi. 1851
Statesman Publishing Company
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Or Else -What?
"The Communists have got to give an ac
counting of them (3,404 United Nations pris
oners of war believed held back by the Reds)
or else," Major General Bryan, senior Al
lied armistice commissioner, said when he
handed the list of prisoners over to the Chi
nese. "Or else" what?
The general's threatening statement is be
ing interpreted in some quarters as new evi
dences that the United States is no longer (if
it ever did) fooling around and acting the
sucker. The general's statement is in line with
some recent statements from Secretary Dul
les that have been interpreted as evidence of
a new, clear, positive foreign policy.
General Bryan and Secretary Dulles both,
talk tough but just what do they mean?
Dulles said that if war in Korea was re
newed there is no guarantee the war could
be confined to Korea. And he said that if
there is more aggression in Indo-China this
"could not occur without grave consequences
which might not be confined to Indo-China."
These statements in themselves are rather
vague warnings, but they are open to all
kinds of interpretation along the line sug
gested by one senator who demanded use of
atomic bombs on China if the Reds don't stick
to their agreements in Korea.
But Dulles did not come right out and say
that. And Bryan only said, " or else.' Does
the general mean that, if the Reds don't come
through with the required information and
or personnel, we are going to go in and get
it and or them ourselves? Does the Secretary
mean that the United States is ready and
willing to abandon the "limited war" idea
and launch all-out war the next time there
is an outbreak of hostilities in some far-off
corner of Asia? Is the U.S. prepared to bomb
air bases in China-and prepared to face re
taliatory bombing of our air bases in Japan
or the Philippines or Hawaii or Alaska?
In his speech to the American Legion Dul
les said that wars often come from a failure
to make intentions clear in advance. He in
dicated that he intends to make clear Amer
ica's intentions. His own warnings and the
warning by General Bryan both need clarify
ing. A simple "or else" is not going to strike .
fear into the heart of the Kremlin;
Real Thoitghty of Them
Starting today, the lucky winners of over
time parking! tickets won't have to drive all
the way to the city hall to pay their 50-cent
tribute to the! law. As an extra-added attrac
tion to downtown parking and a genuine aid
to the dtizenjry, collection boxes for parking
fines have been set up along the busiest
streets. I
The ticket-dispensing patrolmen are going
to leave littli red envelopes along with the
notices under the windshield wiper which,
as Snuffy Smith would say, is real thoughty
of them.
The collection boxes ought to result in con
siderable saving of various things. Gas, for
instance. A lot of flivver fuel is wasted driv
ing around and around the city hall block,
waiting for the police cars to leave so you
can duck into one of their "parking for po
lice cars only" parking places and dash into
the lion's den to deposit your half - dollar.
Eliminating this temptation to park in the
verboten slots before city hall will also save
many a guilty conscience. And money. Some
times a busy driver who could not immedi
ately find a parking place near city hall, for
gets entirely about paying his debt to society
and next thing he knows the price for re
deeming himself has gone up to $1.
The collection boxes may conceivably
result in reduced traffic accidents, too. A
ticketed motorist with an explosive temper
ought not to be let lose on the public high
ways on his way to city hall. He's not likely
to feel charitable toward pedestrians or
courteous to other drivers. Chances are all he
sees is red and we don't mean the red stop
lights, either.?
But now, with the new system in effect,
the first thing he'll see is that red envelope.
Instead of taking out his rage on innocent
bystanders or law-abiding drivers, he can
throw his fit Of pique right there on the side
walk as he drops his loose change into the
collection box. Of course, he might also en
close a little inote expressing his sentiments
to Chief Warren along with a word of appre
ciation for this newest of modern conven
iences. Providing notepaper (asbestos) along
with the envelopes would be the next logical
step. Let's do a real job of this thing.
DOWN, BOY, DOWN!
"Candy is dandy, but likker is quicker,"
they used to say, either in advice or warning.
But now it appears that liquor, as a tongue
loosener, has a dangerous rival. A Washing
ton tipster told a House armed services com
mittee that he gets more confidential infor
mation just hanging around coffee shops list
ening to people tell all over a cuppacawfee.
Henceforth the slinky lady spy, we expect,
will ply her victim with brew of the coffee
bean instead iof the traditional juice of the
grape.
The latest edition of an informative book
let about Congress has just come off the gov
ernment printing presses and is available to
the public. You can get one free by writing
to an Oregon congressman, or buy one for 20
cents from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing
ton 25, D.C. The 68-page booklet answers
291 questions frequently asked about Cong
ress and its doings; the title is "Our Ameri
can Government: What is it? How Does it
Function?''
The New York report that President Eisen
hower was going to take Secretary Dulles in
to the woodshed at Denver for some of the
language he used regarding . foreign nations
didn't work out. Usually the President knows
what his Secretary of State is going to say, in
advance. Still; it is a question whether Dulles
should have sandpapered as many interna
tional wounds as he did in one week.
Newcomers to the city, driving past those
"Speed Checked by Radar" signs, have been
seen glancing furtively around. They get that
odd feeling that an unseen eye is watching
every move. From this, how long will it be
before we have signs warning: "Speed Check
ed by Mental Telepathy"?
While Salem looks forward to the opening
of Meier & Frank and Lipman-Wolfe bran
ches here, Eugene also joins the list of small
er cities to benefit from the decentralization
policy already successfully working for the
big New York department stores. Bon Marche
of Seattle was issued a $400,000 building per
mit this week for a Eugene retail outlet.
Wonder if that advertising poster in the
livestock barn at the fair something about
"you too can have the bull you dream about"
is directed t the farmers or at the heifers?
Left Wing Socialism in Britain Said to Have .
Received 'Kick in Pants' Fronji Union Group
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Left wing socialism in Britain
has taken a kick in the pants from
the Trades Union Congress.
Last year, overruling its general
council, the congress instructed the
council to report this year on ways
and means of extending the nation
alization of business and industry
in the face of the Conservative
Party's efforts to undo some of the
nationalization already accom
plished under the Labor Party.
Instead of doing that, the general
council produced a report recom
mending that the congress not in
sist. -
The general council is the exe
cutive board of the congress. Its
attitude was opposed by the Com
munists and the left wingers of the
Labor Party led by Aneurin Bevan.
At the showdown, delegates rep
resenting 3.702.000 union members
stuck with the conservative ap-
!roach of the council. Their major
ty was more than a million.
Supporters of the "go slow" poli
cy accused the minority of being
unrealistic in believing that the
mere act of nationalization would
bring them all 1 the benefits they
want.
This point has long been recog
nized by many workers, such as
those in coal, steel and transpor
tation, who actually experienced
nationalization of their industries.
They worked under the same old
bosses, drew the same old pay or
received improvements about on a
par with what they would have re
ceived normally under private
ownership.
Most of what they got was ex
ic situation since the war, were
prevented from extending benefits
which, to consolidate their ideas,
they would have established under
more normal circumstances.
As a result. Britain turned her
face away from socialism and re
turned the Conservative party to
power.
That was an important influence
on the decision of the general coun
cil that the campaign for national
ization should not be renewed at
this time. The more conservative
wing maintained that research,
planning and education of the pub
lic would be necessary before there
would be any possibility of resum
ing the socialist trend.
The congress also had before it
the example of Australia, which
abandoned socialism some time
before Britain did, and which now
is able to give its people consider
ably greater tax relief than Britain
has been able to do.
A spy, who had been loitering on State St. facing into
the sun loped into the office to inform us that you don't need
Dr. Kinsey to See through most Salem women, these days . . .
Visitor to Medford says there's a TV repair
man in that town who suddenly discovered
his set wouldn't work the other day. He eag
erly tore it all apart and finally someone
(probably his stupid wife) picked up the pa
per and read where the local TV station was
n't operating that day . . .
Joe Poggi, much-publicized ex-con who is
now in Marion County Jail charged with bur
glary of a Salem grocery store coupla weeks .
ago, is the object of a series of articles in Oregon City Enterprise-Courier.
Poggi, you will recall, was the man who several
months ago won release from Oregon State Prison after a judge
ruled he had been illegally imprisoned for almost 25 years on
a false charge . . . Theme of the E. C. series by Reporter Day
Churchman is (1) It is doubtful if Poggi is really guilty the
latest burglary charge, an (2) After he was released from pris
on few persons made attempts to "rehabilitate" Joe or get him
a Job . . . Bfebbe to, but we bet Churchman finds out there's
more to Poggi's latest arrest than meets the eye . . .
Statesman proofreaders are having their annual hassle
this week over (among other things) the correct spelling of
the track term, "quiniela." Some reporters, including Al
(Long Shot) Lightner prefer "quinella." While others, includ
ing the official betting window sign-makers, make it "quin
iela." And it has been written "quiniella." To make things
worse the word isn't in the dictionary under any spelling.
To lots of bangtail betters the word still spells "no soap."
To those who are up and about in the wee hours the Fair
grounds presents a weird sight after midnight. The grounds,
which by day are a sprawling mass of noise, smeJs and confu
sion, are by night quiet, but twitching. The rides and conces
sions are all darkened, but here and there you can see a light
in a tent on the midway. Maybe a huckster is counting the
day's take or a couple of concessionaires are talking things
over. The exhibit buildings are all lighted and a few guards i
roam through them. In the livestock barns you find lots of
jealous owners of championship stock bedding down near their
animals. About 3 ayem the gang of clean-up men take over the
midways, picking up litter, and hosing down the walks. Getting
things In shape for the day's battle . . .
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The liberal Manchester Guardi
an, commenting Thursday on the
Trades Union Congress develop
ment, said:
"The TUC has now toW the La
bor Party quite plainly that it does
not want more grandiose plans for
nationalization. It has learned that
people do not want their lives run
by public boards. It has also
learned that nationalization does
no' automatically bring higher
wages and shorter hours. The
labor movement must be careful Z23SZ2Z8Z
The emcee at the Fair nightly revue introduces a tricky
Egyptian acrobat team as "favorite entertainers of King Far
ouk" which takes in a lot of territory . . . George McMur
phey, Fair public relations man, nofed that attendance Wed
nesday at 2 p.m. stood at 6,603. For the heck of it he checked
and found that attendance at 2 p.m. on Wednesday of last
year's Fair stood at exactly 6,603 . . . Fair officials have no
ticed a strange thing this yearon days when attendance is
up, the number of cars is down; and when attendance- is
down, parking lots see more cars. Does this mean less people
are coming in more cars to the fair? City buses running to
the fairgrounds are doing better than last year . . .
not to create a new autocracy in f" !?"! A tVl"! KI?AD IT1
the name of social ownership." ljr ' 11 1 DIjI 1 1
The TUC action is expected to
carry a great deal of weight at the
Labor Party conference to be held
soon.
Bv Lichty
Literary Guidepost
By W. G. Rogers
THE BLACK CITY, by M. F.
Caulfield (Dutton: S3)
Where Protestants and Catho
lics, IRA and police fight their
endless bloody battles . . . there
is the "black city" of this first
noveL
You see the everyday tensions
when the J or dans and the Bren-
nans, good friends that they are,
meet for a game of cards; when
Helen incites other girls playing
rounders to turn on pretty Maur
een because she's, a Catholic;
hortation from their own leaders to ! when publican James Rice, after
correct absenteeism "because they
were working for themselves." The
average worker .couldn't buy much
even when he had money, and
couldn't wear or eat the pleasant
thought of working for himself.
Many socialist leaders admitted
several years ago.
Part of this was due to the fact
that the socialist leaders, faced by
the hard facts of Britain's econom-
a nasty quarrel with bis wife, has
a last nasty tune with the rioters
who come to loot and burn; when
the Orangemen hold their big
parade.
But mostly the action in this
story centers about Hugh Kelly,:
Maura Nolan, his girl, Willie, her
lazy brother, and some desperate;
chiefs of the Irish Republican
Army, in particular Seam us Sulli
van, one-time Catholic and now a
Communist. Flynn the newsman,
in it all at the beginning, comes
back at the end to draw the cur
tain. In between, you see Hugh
recalling his father's brutal mur
der at the hands of Black and
Tan; planning vengeance, drilling
with the RA; loving Maura some
but being loved more since she
hasn't the bitter politics to occupy
her mind and fill her with hatred.
Caulfield guides you in so
many different directions in the
first several chapters of his
novel ... to the playground, the
drill field, the pub, the courtroom,
the crowded streets, the lovers' J
lane .... that you wonder for a
time whether he has a story or
just a setting. Once be fixes on
Hugh, for himself as well as for
you, as his chief character, the t
story develops dramatically, and
the scenes which as the start
were no more than colorful be
come stark and gripping.
IS c?w
tat tin Ma immmm a fi L,
(Continued from page one)
on giving the human mind op
portunity for free play in in
quiry, the free following of
curiosity. As he writes:
"The most imaginative and
powerful movements in the his
tory of science have arisen not
from plan, not from compulsion,
but from the spontaneous en
thusiasm and curiosity of cap
able individuals who had the
freedom to think about the
things they considered interest
ing." For all our cherishing of
political freedom in this country
and for all outpouring of
wealth in special fields of re
search (disease, atomic weapons,
etc.) we still fall short in en
couraging unrestricted explora
tion. We gear our pure science
closely to applied science, and
ask to see quick returns from
efforts and investments. To
quote Dr. Weaver again:
"It is a truism that we are
most ingenious, here in Amer
ica, in instrumenting and ex
ploiting ideas. But we are not so
good as we should be in produc
ing fundamental ideas. And we
are still immature in the sense
that we are impatient, that we
demand quick 'results. We do
not furnish for science enough
of the sustained and flexible
support which would provide
great minds with the leisure and
the calm to think."
We should realize this fact
from our experience with the
A-bomb. It is true that the
United States supplied the capi
tal and the know-how to produce
the first A-bomb. But as Mr.
Dean, former chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, has
said, "The' A-bomb is an immi
grant." The fundamental re
search was done by Italian, Ger
man, and Danish scientists, with
notable contributions by British
and Americans. We have many
run-of-mine Ph. Ds., but all too
few superior intellects.
Freedom of inquiry should not
he limited to natural science. It
should be extended to the field
of human relations: Sociology,
economics, political science.
philosophy, religion. As Jesus
said: "Ye shall know the truth
and the truth shall set you free."
But first there must be freedom
to seek the truth.
The university therefore must
enjoy a certain' detachment
from the world of trade and of
eustom. Its wellsprings must
not be contaminated with evil
design. Its honest gropings must
be viewed with tolerance, and
its errors accepted with a high
degree of sympathy. They are
the price of finding the truth.
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By D. C OTIXIAMS
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. Ministry mt pnpagmd ' muJuij
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "She saw me pre
vious to me going."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "impotent?"
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Barrack, ham
mock, haddock, pa nicy.
4. What does the word "aF
tentative" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with po that means "existing in
possibility only?"
Answers
1. Say, "She saw me previous
ly to my going." 2. Accent first
syllable, not the second. 3. Pan
icky. 4. An offer of two things.
"If this demand is refused, the
alternative is war." 9. Potential.
Survivors Say Reds Opened
Fire Without Any Warning
By FRED HAMPSON
HONG KONG JB Survivors
from a Royal Navy launch told
Thursday how a small Chinese Red
warship opened fire without warn
ing, killing or wounding all but 3
of the 14 aboard.
A Navy source, quoting the sur
vivors, said that the corvette scored
12 direct hits in the unprovoked
attack .Wednesday on the 72-foot
launch in international waters about
20 miles southwest of Hong Kong.
A reserve captain aboard on his
vacation and Ave seamen were
killed and the skipper and four
others were wounded.
Survivors said the stricken
launch, i No. 1323. never had a
chance to return the fire before the
corvette, its machine guns and four-
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
! ; 10 Years Ago
Sept 11, 1943
Mrs. Richard Kriesel of Sa
lem left by plane from Los An
geles, for Bolivia. Dick is su
perintendent of a tin mine in
Chocoya, Bolivia.
The Vatican radio reported
the ancient St Peters had been
closed and that approaches to
the Vatican city were under
strict control. Pope Pius XIII is
conducting but few audiences.
Oregon's collection of old silk
and rayon hose ranked third
among the 48 states. Roderick
Finney executive secretary of
the state salvage committee, an
nounced. j
25 Years Ago
Septal, 1928
American women buy 80 per
cent of the diamond output of
the world, according to merch
ants of Hatters Garden, a cen
ter of the world's diamond
trade,
Douglas McKay, prominent in
American Legion work in Ore
gon since the first post in this
state was organized, was elect
ed commander of Capital Post
No. 9.
The engagement o Miss Flor
ence I Trumbell, and John Coo
lidge, son of President and Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge, was announ
ced, with the wedding to take
place "sometime before Christ
mas.'? 40 Years Ago
Sept 11, 1913
Editorially speaking an od
orless onion is the latest inven
tion. It is a cross of the Ber
muda and Golden Yellow vari
ety , without "strength"
how can there be such a thing
as an onion?
Salem added to its long line
of industries a cider factory at
1010 1 N. Commercial Street
J. C. Gregory, mnaager of the
plant, was formerly with the
Farmers Cider Works.
Mrs. Marietta Bunce won a
$200 judgment against the Ore
gon Electric Company, for al
leged deficiency on the part of
the railroad in estimating a
right-of-way through her prop
erty. H
inch guns smoking, turned away.
The corvette had vanished by the
time the British destroyer Concord
arrived in response to a distress
calL
The lightly armed little launch
docked at this British crown colony
Thursday in great secrecy. The
Navy refused to let newsmen near
the launch.
With all senior officers and rat
ings disabled, the launch was
brought limping in by Leading Sea
man Gordor R. Cleaver, one of the
three .aboard who escaped unhurt.
It was believed the Nivv'i rra.
cy was due to the tense situation.
It appeared obvious the British took
a grave view of this bloodiest
ciasn involving amain since cnl
na's Civil War.
The admiralty in London an
nounced that Vice Adm. Sir Charles
Lambe, commander in chief of Brit
ain's Far East station, had flown to
Hong Kong for an urgent investiga
tion. The Foreign Office called for
a full report
The launch was on Its usual anti
smuggling and defense patrol when
it encountered the Chinese corvette ;
Wednesday afternoon, the Navy
said.
No special significance was at
tached to the attack at this time.
Red patrol craft, suspicious that ,
all foreign ships are trying to en
croach on Communist waters, fre
quently fire on other shiDS in the
Pearl Estuary.
None of the previous incidents,
however, have been this serious.
Suit Decision
Reversed by
State Court
A breach of contract suit, orig
inating in Marion County Circuit
Court in 1931, was reversed by.
a State Supreme Court decision
Thursday.
The higher court reversed
Marion Circuit Judge George R.
Duncan, who had directed a ver
dict for defendant in the case
of R. A. Spence against Thomas
W. Allen.
In the complaint Spence
sought damages for an alleged
breach of contract with Allen
for the sale and distribution of
products made of plastic.
Associate Justice William C.
Perry held that there was evi
dence that substantial damage
resulted to the plaintiff Spence
by the breach of the contract
He remanded the case back to
the lower court for further pro
ceedings. .
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