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4-4Se. D-Stdtsaaa, Sclsa, Ort WL Stpt 18. 1853 QDrejaOntatCSTaatt To the Highest Bidder GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty "No Favor Sways Vs, No Fear Shall Awe" From First SUtesmaa, March IS. 1U1 , Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ;." Published wy moraiaf. Busincw offic t Worth Chur SU Slm. Or- Ttephoa 1-8441 Enteral at the portoffic at Salem. Or. " class matter under aet of Contra March 1. IT. ' Member Associated Press. The Associated Pre is entitled exclusively to the uM (or rcpubUcaUoti of all local news printed la this newspaper Attack on Offshore Lands Act The Attorney General of California, Ed mund G. Brown, doesn't think that Arkansas and states associated with it will win their, yt suit attacking the validity of the act vesting jurisdiction over off shores lands in the coast- al states. In an interview with Earl Behrens of the San Francisco Chronicle Brown cites language of the Supreme Court in a case in volving use of federal land for the Hetch Het , chy water project. The court said: The power over the public lands thus en trusted to Congress is without limitation . . . and it is not for the courts to say how that trust shall be administered. That is for Cong ress to determine." Brown discounts the assertion that the gov ernment is abdicating its sovereignty over the lands in question. The language of the act re Serves federal authority with respect to com merce, navigation and the national defense and makes it "paramount" to the "rights of management, administration, leasing, use and development which are given to the states." The Statesman likewise has been skeptical of the chance of upsetting the congressional action by resort to the courts. Congress in the - past gave to states public lands for schools, universities, state capitals, etc., so it would seem to have ample authority to give states control of economic resources of offshore lands. It is deplorable to see democracy degener ate into government by auction. The Demo crats meeting in the Chicago conference di rected their efforts toward "winning back the farmers' whose defection from Dewey in 1948 had elected Truman and whose return to the Republican party in 1952 helped elect Eisen hower. The speakers at Chicago beat the drums for farm support. Senator Anderson of New Mexico, one of the more enlightened of the party leaders and himself a former Secre tary of Agriculture, reminded the audience that since 1910 under Democratic administra tions the farmers had received parity prices plus $77 billion, while under Republican ad ministrations they had received $12 billion less than parity. He did not tell, however, how three wars occurring under Democratic presidents had boosted the prices of farm pro ducts. The fact is that both parties try to capture the votes of substantial blocs by promises of economic gains. In Minnesota last year Eisen hower said the farmers ought to get 100 per cent of parity, ignoring the fact that "parity is wholly unreliable as a measure of reward. And Secretary Benson, who admits the errors of the parity system, employs his "discretion" by ordering its continuance, as with dairy products. Now the Democrats hope to lure farmers into the fold by pointing to the wav-' ering of farm prices from the peaks of the war years. It's the same way with business groups and labor groups. The former seek, and very oft en get, special protection or tariffs or subsi dies or exemptions. The latter demand and get "social gains" often without regard to their impact on other groups. Sure it's all wrong. But we do not live in a sterilized vacuum; so apparently we must endure the compromises and the concessions made to attract or to hold bloc votes. "Ifs jutt t jwfiorf mi hhhy mdjuttimnt, bos . . popfr IMmg wititit$ tohsir Jftcofi9s tiff tJwy (Jitr cotif Mffic sbcJfc How "Germ Warfare" Was "Confessed" Now we learn from some of the returning prisoners of war how they were forced to t'confess" engaging in bacteriological war fare. Col. Frank H. Scwabe of Arlington, Va., says he had only one choice to make,"conf es aion or death." For weeks he was made to sit and sleep on a small table in a tiny lean to, and was told he would have to confess "or you will never leave this valley." Lt. Ken neth L. Enoch relates that he was placed in solitary confinement and kept under constant mental pressure until he figured if he didn't confess he would be shot. Thus by the pressures of constant interro gation and threats and physical discomforts the Red Chinese drew material for their pro paganda campaign which they Arried on in the most vicious manner possible round the world. People at home should not condemn these men who yielded under prolonged strain William Oatis is telling his experience under Communist duress in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in articles running now in The Statesman. Few of us at home would have done any bet ter. Instead there should be great sympathy for these men who gave way only under ex treme coercion. Their repudiation of confes sions ought to be broadcast wherever the Communist lies were spread. Then people would know that the Communist confession als are false as hell itself. The Democrats are mobilizing for the at tack in '54. Instead of boasting how they were the ones who put over the Eisenhower pro gram they are training guns on the adminis tration. That's to be expected of the party out of power. What was singular was the com plaint of Chairman Leonard Hall of the GOP that the new Democratic Digest would put this country in a bad light abroad. We do not recall that when Republicans were In the mi nority their spokesmen gave concern to that as they denounced the Truman-Acheson for eign policy. But then consistency never was a party virtue. Those alive in 1900 have picked up 21 years in life expectancy. At the turn of the century the average length of life in the USA was 57 years. Now the Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians figure it at 68.4 years as of 1950. For women the life expectation was 72.4 years in 1950 and for males 66.6 years. From these figures it seems that the average wom an should marry a man several years young er than herself to avoid a long widowhood. Hossein Fatemi, former Iran foreign min ister, is said to be hiding out in Cairo, with a price on his head. So he wasn't torn limb from limb by the Tehran mob after all. In these days public officials in many countries need to keep open a line of retreat. Fishing in Australia ought to be good. At least there is good bait. The National Geogra phic news bulletin reports they have earth worms four to six feet long in Bass Valley, Victoria. Bait that big, however, might swal Ipw the fish. U. S. Reverses Policy in Forcing Asian Nations to Red Side of Conference Table By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press News Analyst The United States may be mak ing an historical mistake with her policy of forcing the Asiatic neu trals to align themselves on the Communist side of the table if they wish to attend the Korean peace conference. In. these days when nationalism, anti-colonialism, racism and reli gious differences combine with cemmunism to create such a dis turbed world situation, none of us is capable of seeing where we are going or what we are going to do when we get there. It is well, however, to take a look at -any policy which runs against the grains of a majority of nations, and against the tra ditional American attitude of being willing to sit down anywhere with anybody at any time when there is even the barest possibility of pro ducing anything good. The Communists are now mak ing the situation more difficult by the suggestion from Peiping that there may be grounds for a politi cal settlement of the Indochinese war. This is something which reaches into the heart of France's troubles, and touches every nation in Asia. The U. S. is taking the attitude that it will be time enough to look into other things when the Com munists have demonstrated some sincerity about wanting a settle ment of the most immediate point at issue, Korea. Other nations, a majority of the other nations as indicated by the voting at the special session of the U. N. General Assembly, want to make a round-table conference out of the Korean negotiations, with Interested as well as combatant nations represented, with the door open for discussion of any and all Asian problems. . By its stand, the U. S. hope to avoid discussion of the future, of Formosa and other subjects where she has nothing with which to com promise except her principles. And, she says, India, Pakistan, Burma, Indonesia and other sug gested neutrals have no place at a conference confined to Korea, since they did not participate In the United Nations "police action." If the 'Communists want to carry through their suggestion, they can invite these countries to sit on their side of the table. Suppose the Communists do so? These neutrals are non-Communist, or not-yet Communist, or not quite Communist, but not anti Communist countries. Among them, Pakistan is the only one which expresses any particular friendship for the United States. India, Burma, and Indonesia, though perhaps not actually hos tile, are certainly distrustful. Whether one or any of them would accept a Communist invita tion which placed them opposite th: U. N. belligerents is not known. If they did, would they ever again sit anywhere else? Are the present tactical goals of the United States worth the risk? Asia, leaning toward commu nism, would have through its Mos lems an important connection with the Arab states of the Middle East, who lean against Western Colonial ism and against Western support of Israel. Alliances of strange bed fellows have become common un der present world pressures. The dangers of such another cannot be overlooked. Outside of another rupture with Syngman Rhee of South Korea, who can be driven back into line just as he was on the armistice issues if the United States is suf ficiently determined, are there any vital danger points in a round table conference? The United States would have her veto. She could stand up and say that she would not discuss the things which she now seeks to avoid discussing. Would that be worse than giving all Asia a push, no matter how small a psychological push, toward the arms of the Communists? The United States has a com mitment to Rhee. The United States has a valuable reputation for living up to its commitments. But sometimes even the most le gally perfect commitments are overruled by the courts as against public policy. - Literary Guidepost By RUSSELL BRINES FACING MOUNT KENYA, by Jem Keayatta. (British Bee Centre; S4). It is unfortunate that this book was written too early, and perhaps too scientifically, to explain the campaign of slaughter against the white man and his supporters in Africa's Kenya. The author was sentenced for activities with the Mau Mau, the fanatics trying to drive the white man from this relatively obscure colony; the sentence was upset by a higher court. This book is a study of the tri bal life of the Gikuyu, the proud Africans involved in the cam paign. But it is an anthropological, not a psychological, study, and it was first written in 1938, then repub lished. There is in it only a bint, here and there, of smoldering re sentiment against the white colo nists; never a suggestion of what might have prompted the final explosion. It is, therefore, revealing as a scientific study of how the Gikuyu live. It gives little help to clarify today's events. Kenyatta, a Gikuyu himself, de scribes in detail the customs, gov ernment, religion and supersti tions of the one million people be says live in this stretch of agricul tural Africa. He writes both from his own experiences and the stor ies told to him by his elders, mix ing them with the broader outlook acquired as a student in England. From his rather stolid recital of the facts emerges a humbled na tion, recalling its days of compar ative grandeur, thwarted by eco nomic bondage and puzzled by the European's inability to understand it But, he says in the preface, The African is not blind. He can recognize these pretenders to phil anthropy, and in various parts of the continent he is waking up to the realization that a running river cannot be dammed for ever without breaking its bounds.1 These are only flashes in a book dedicated primarily to the serious student of African sociology. I A 1 III L- If it weren't for couples panting into the Marion County Clerk's office on Saturday morning to get marriage licenses, the office would be dead, indeed. Now that Marion County m attorneys have voted not to work on Satur ? days the clerk's office has little to do on these ""1 days. Ditto for courts, rrecorder and other county offices . . . And courthouse office workers, whose duty is to do and die and sel dom reason why, can't help but remember when a bill was up before the last state leg islature seeking to clpse the Marion County courthouse on Saturdays. And guess who op posed it? Upstate and Portland area attor neys ... ' And in Multnomah County, where offices do not open on Saturday, a movement is afoot among attorneys to knock off legal work on Saturdays. Yamhill County attorneys also kick golf balls around Saturday instead of torts . . . And even most state employes in Salem get Saturdays off probably so they can go down to the county clerk's office and get marriage li censes ... Doug McKay ought to sue Business Week magazine. As the subject of a splashy story the magazine libeled McKay in at least two departments. To wit: (1) The cover picture of the Secretary gives him a distorted appearance so that his nose stands out like Big Cliff dam; (2) In the tejet it says that Doug's political career goes "all the way back to 1952 . . . Also tells how Doug rides Interior Dept. horses in aj Washing ton, D. C, park. McKay explains he does that as a beyond-the-call-of-service act to exercise horses which j otherwise probably wouldn't get much action ... A subscriber-friend writes to ask why, regarding the Sun day king -size crossword puzzle, the "cue section' (i.e. A three letter word for an Egyptian snuff-box) isn't printed above the puzzle, instead of below. The way things are now, the puzzler goes on, the puzzle-workers hand covers np the clues while he writes in the words . . . Well, we don't know. But people must like them the way they are or the syndicates wouldn't put the puzzles eut that way ... Statesman back-shop man Jerry Spurlock was driving toward Woodburn the other day on,he Pacific Hi way. When he came to Labish bottom he noticed a whole string of cars parked alongside the road and lots of people standing around peering into the roadside ditch. Thinking maybe a flying sau cer had landed he parked up at the head of the line and gal loped back. Nobody seemed to know what the excitement was. Finally he worked his way to the center of the crowd and came upon a man standing there looking at the ditch. "I started all this," the guy said in a low voice. "I've been driv ing by here for a long time and often wondered what was in that ditch. Today I stopped to have a look. Before I knew it all these other characters began stopping and getting out, and so (Continued from Page One) that the business was decided, though he did indicate the pre vailing sentiment seemed to be that the complete pattern of one way streets from Marion to Fer ry and from Commercial to Cap itol, inclusive, should be adopt ed very soon. My own representation was in behalf of the Capitol Planning Commission which has been de sirous of keeping heavy traffic outside the Capitol mail The planning for the Capitol group is still under study and there should be coordination in this planning and that for handling street traffic. With this the Council seems to be in full accord. What about applying the full grid to the central business sec tion? Is it needed at present? Are there alternatives which Better English By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? 1 took you for John when I talked to you." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "Carburetor?" 3. Which one of these words is mis pe lied? Loathsome, ran- some, handsome, lissome. 4. What does the word "brag gadocio' mean? 5. What is a word beginning with le than means "unseemly frivolity?" ' Aaawers 1. Say, "I mistook you for John whea I talked with you." 2. Pronounce kir-bu-ret-er, the first e as In net (not rate), ac cent first syllable. 3. Ransom. 4. Empty boasting. "He had a swaggering air of braggadocio.'' 9. Levity. might serve the purpose? Where is the balance between making streets throughways and making them serve local business? Frankly I do not have the an swers to these questions. I rec ognize the value of the one-way street pattern in the moving of traffic but do not feel able to say of my own knowledge that the plan should be extended at present The Council shows no disposition to cram the scheme through, and has put off the mat ter until its meeting on Sept. 28th. It is probable that if no further or strong opposition de velops the full pattern will be adopted, though with some mo difications to meet particular criticisms. The Council should be sure of its ground before acting because considerable expense is involv ed in signs and signals. Those who have positive views on the subject should present them to the Council on or before Sept. 28th, "or forever after hold their peace. Ohmart Heads Board Realty . NEWPORT, Ore. lit Lee Oh mart. Salem, was elected presi dent of the Oregon Association of Real Estate Boards at the close of the annual convention Tuesday. Edwin D. Van Tassel. Tuegne; Albert C Ullman, Baker, and Al bert R. Bullier, Portland, were named vice presidents. W. Thomas Stoddard. Portland, was elected treasurer, and Taylor W. Treece, was re-elected secretary. The Council- of Women's Real tors elected Eva Stuart, Ocean lake, president: Alta Draper, Port land, vice president: and Dorothea Dora, Grants t Pass, secretary treasurer. ' n S-r ' r. :i .A V" . -a i riiHKtrjr j s mss msse w va M DATE fill 4 IIM B Si Wit SAVINGS Insured To SVfiSfc $io,ooo.oc SAVE WHERE SAVINGS PAYS First Federal Savings Driver Pleads Guilty tQ Assault With Intent to Kill TOLEDO. Ore. W Richard Thomson, 2S, pleaded guilty in cir cuit court here Tuesday to a charge of assault with intent to kill. He was accused of attempting to slay his business partner James K. Mueller, last Thursday by strik ing him over the head with an iron bar and then driving him in a car over a cliff on the Coast Highway. Thomson is to be sentenced next Tuesday. Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Sept. 16, 1943 Willamette University's third war loan victory almost quadru pled its goal in the first week of its three-week campaign for the sale of Stamps and bonds. The original goal was for $5000, they collected $19,800. Verden E. Hockett, formerly associated with the Steeves Hockett clinic was promoted from a lieutenant commander to a full commander, United States navy. W. J. Hardie, 755 Breys Ave nue, displayed a ten-foot pota to vine from his victory garden. Hardie is chief gardener at the State CapitoL 25 Years Ago Sept. .16, 1928 Mark N. Huckestein arrived from his home in Hawaii to vis it at the home of his parents, Postmaster and Mrs. August Huckestein. He is transportation manager for the Oloa Sugar Company. The new giant dirigible Graf Zepplin, completed its first real test flight with 90 persons aboard, covering a distance of 1,000 kilometers in 9Vs hours. Earle Sandy, Salem jockey riding his last race at Belmont Park, brought his horse under the wire a nose behind Mrs. Payne Whitney's horse. Sandy will retire as rider, but will con tinue on the turf as owner and trainer. 40 Years Ago Sept 16, 1913 Interest was created in the city concerning a "Coffee club" which has become a permanent fixture in nearly every city of California. Eugene, Oregon ad opted the plan. Damage to the extent of $16, OOO was done in St. Paul, Ore gon, when the general mercan tile house of Ray & Thompson was completely destroyed by fire. The second time within three years a bomb jeopardized the life of General Harrison Gray Otis, owner of the Los Angeles Times, which was destroyed by dynamite Oct 1, 1910. Ike's Aide Terms Stevenson 'sTalk 'Sbund and Fury By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH DENVER un The 'summer White House Tuesday called Adlai E. Stevenson's criticism of the Re publican administration "Just sound and fury , signifying nothing" and then announced that Stevenson and President Eisenhower will con fer in Washington soon. Former President Truman's lat est blast at the Republicans also drew return fire at Eisenhower's vacation headquarters. ' "Just a lot of noise," said Miss Bertha Adkins. who is in charge of women's activities for the GOP Na tional Committee. White House press secretary James C Hagerty announced that Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, will report to Eisenhower on the round-the-world trip he recently completed. Stevenson met with Eisenhower in Washington just before he start ed the trip. The former Illinois gov ernor said then, the President had asked him to come, in and report when he got back. Hagerty told newsmen Tuesday that Eisenhower recently renewed the invitation and that the Demo cratic leader has agreed to meet with the President in Washington soon. Eisenhower will end his Colo rado vacation Friday or Saturday and fly back to the capital. A date for the Eisenhower-Stevenson session will be set after the President returns to the White House. The comment on Stevenson's cri ticism of the Eisenhower adminis tration came from Hagerty. At a Democratic rally in Chicago Monday night. Stevenson accused the administration of putting things off of running a "government by postponement." Truman told the same rally a wrecking crew is "undermining and tearing down" in Washington, and that Democrats must keep Ameri ca and the world from "the road to ruin." . Hagerty said President Eisenhow er would have no comment on Ste venson's speech Tuesday night Sweetland Sees Strong Demo Bid For Senate Seat CHICAGO tn Monroe Sweet land. Oregon Democratic national committeeman, said Tuesday night Democrats will make their "strong est bid" in years for the U.S. Sen ate in Oregon next year. Sweetland said that State Sen.' Richard L. Neuberger is one of "our most formidable possibilities" for the seat held by Sen. Cordon (R-Ore.). I "Neuberger is better known In Oregon to the rank and file of peo ple than the Republican Incumbent, who is a party in the Hells Canyon give-away and a partisan of the giant lumber corporations in tim ber controversy," .Sweetland said in a statement Sweetland added that he himself would not be a candidate for ttie U.S. Senate. ) Plywood Savings Buy direct from the Hfg. Hill al wholesale cash and carry prices. SPECIAL PRICES TO BUILDEI1S Willamette Builders Supply AuhhtUI. Pbon, 301 INTRICATE CARE! Our profession, too, is an exacting sciertce-with every detail measured in understanding and friendliness. TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY B THE PRIVILEGE OF OUR PROFESSION Ciml-BaViMCo. 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