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Accounting Demanded
J Gen. Mark Clark was wholly justified in
telling the Communists their reply to the UN
demand for an accounting of missing Allied
prisoners is wholly unacceptable. That is very
- modest language to employ. The UN furnish-
ed the Reds with a list of 3,404 men, includ
! ing 944 Americans who previously had been
' identified as prisoners of war but who were
: not offered for repatriation. The list was made
up from names broadcast on the Red radio or
- from letters received by relatives or from re
ports by returned prisoners. What was de
manded was an accounting.
The Reds brusquely replied that most of
the names listed had never been prisoners,
and tossedjoff the remainder as having been
released at the front or repatriated or as es
capees or as dead, without however giving a
detailed accounting.
We agree with the San Francisco Chronicle
that on this issue we should hang tough. 3400
men do not just "disappear" save under to
talitarian regimes. The Chronicle urges a de
mand for a neiAral commission to enter North
Korea and investigate the disappearances, and
ays this should be a condition of further
negotiations for a Korean peace.
It certainly is a test of Communist good
faith, but it is also a test of our own sense
of obligation to our own men who have been
reported to be prisoners of war. We cannot
afford to sit by and let them become lost in
the Communist silences.
Scoop of the Summer'
The journalistic scoop of the summer was
made by the Wall Street Journal in publish
ing in early September the draft of a message
from President Eisenhower to the Congress
containing recommendations for amending
the Taft-Hartley act. The Journal made it
clear that the draft was not final. Its publi
cation set off a storm of protests which may
have influenced the President in declining to
send the message. The major development of
course was the resignation of Martin Durkin,
secretary of labor.
Clearly the scoop was purposeful. Cbpies
of the draft had been circulated in restricted
quarters. Some one who obtained a copy slip
ped it to the WSJ confident that its publica
tion in that medium would reach employer
groups hostile to some of the proposed
changes. The plant certainly worked.
What seems remarkable is that the press
Services and the big dailies whose capital cor
respondents are supposed to watch all the
mouse-holes clearly got scooped on the Big
'Story of the 1953 summer.' "' ' " ' "
The late Chief Justice Vinson left two wills,
but neither was properly witnessed. However
there was little need for one because his net
, estate amounts to only $1,163. Vinson found
his reward in public service and the prestige
accompanying it, not in money.
I Magsaysay Regarded as America's Choice
For Presidency of the Philippine, Islands
By JOSEPH ALSOP
MANILA, P. I. Rudyard Kip
ling dismissed the little Eng-
landers of his day with the line,
Triv rmthinff mmJ
know of Eng
land who only
England
know. In a
quite different C
way, Ameri- ,
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mnt in th
world is re- j lsSj
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tion. For who Al
at home understands, for exam
ple, that America is now run
ning a candidate in a critical
election in a major Far Eastern
nation?
Certainly this correspondent
had no such idea util he reached
this amiable, steaming hot,
agreeably gimcrack, irrepres
sibly vital Philippine capital
But here in Manila it is clear at
once that Ramon Magsaysay is
the American choice against the
incumbent President Elpidio
Quirino. The evidence speaks
with a loud voice.
In considering this remark
able fact, one can at least begin
by saying that for once in a way
we need not be ashamed of our
own side. Since the end of the
war, the omnipresent blackmail
of the Communist threat has
extorted American sympathy, or
money, or military aid or in
some cases all three, for some
highly unappetizing politicians
and political regimes. Bat in this
case there is no need to be
shamefaced.
The aged, ailing, crafty and
insatiable Quirino came into of
fice -in an election celebrated
for its frauds. With all his singu
lar shrewdness and charm, he
still represents almost every
backward tendency in Philip- .
pine and Asiatic politics. He is
surrounded by a clique whose
rapacity has angered even toler
ant Manila. If he is elected at alL
he will win by the most ruthless
use of his control of the army
and government machinery; for
these are Quirino's only visible
supports ia an aroused nation.
Magsaysay, in contrast, crude-,
rly 1 Stands' for the future that
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Or
March X. 1171.
Asia may reasonably hope for,
yet may 10 easily be cheated of
by the powerful collaboration
of corrupt ruling elements and
the always active Communists.
The new man is not all that
the old man is. The finesse, the
disillusioned knowledge of the
world, the surface polish that
are so immediately striking in
Quirino are not present in Mag
saysay. You think when yoo
meet him, "He has worked with
his hands and he fought in the
woods against the Japs," and
you would still suspect these
things if you did not already
know them to be true. And you
also think, "Surely this man is a
bit uncomplicated, even maybe
a bit naive for one who mast
thread the labyrinths of Asiatic
politics;' and this is probably
true, too, and may one day prove
a drawback.
Yet this 'dark, vigorous, burn
ing man is explosively courag
eous, angrily honest, and above
all possessed of a vision of the
future that has made him a hero
of his people. Today the Philip
pines are a poor land in which
a very few enjoy great wealth.
Yet this is also a land of im
mense, untapped riches, with a
frontier; in' Mindanao, in Min
doro, in Palawan, that holds
almost the promise of the Amer
ican frontier. The vision that
Magsaysay offers is a vision of
national self-devolpment, of
hard working progress and a
better life for the people.
But this does not answer the
question, bow the United States
came to have this candidate in
the election of another nation
all the way across the broad Pa
cific The answer is at once
simple and complex.
Magsaysay comes of relatively
humble people. He ran a bus
line before the war. In wartime,
he was the guerrilla leader of
his province. When peace came.
General MacArthur named him
Provincial Governor. He ran for
Congress and was elected. In the
period when the , Communist
hukbalahaps were still operating
in the suburbs of Manila, his
bravery, energy and determined
anti-Communism attracted atten
tion. In that disordered time the
Philippine government was liv
long belated step to clean the' house of labor
by expelling the longshoremen's union from
its ranks. This has been a putrid sore for
many years; and it was not until the stench
proved overwhelming that the . Federation
moved to- rid itself of the fetid odor arising
from the crime-ridden, racket-infested docks
of If ew York and Jersey City. Now Joe Ryan
and his controlled union are out of any affi
liation with the AFL. !
Not only did the Federation kick the long
shore union out, it announced its intention to
set up a new union to replace the one ousted.
Naturally it hopes to attract ja large number
of the locals now in the Ryan organization.
Beyond that presumably there will be a bat
tle for membership and for contracts with
stevedore companies. The latter have been
partners in crime through blackmail and
pressure. If they want to clean Up the docks
they can throw their influence j toward the
new union. The other alternative would be for
a CIO setup which the employers wouldn't
like; but at least Harry Bridges has the re
putation of running an honest union.
Now with far stricter legal controls which
promise to abolish the shapeup and with a
new union soon to enter the field there is
hope for decency in the workings of the wa
terfronts long dominated by Ryan and his
gang.
Enrollment at State Institutions
Some head-scratching at Eugene and Cor
vallis, ditto at Portland as enrollment figures
for state institutions are toted. As of the sec
ond day the University registrations were
down 220 from the same date in 1952; OSC
down 47 while the infant Portland State
showed a gain of over 200. Because of the
bulge at the latter institution the State Board
of Higher Education was polled by phone and
authorized employment of 15 additional in
structors. The Oregonian reports Portland
State, which occupies old Lincoln High, as
badly overcrowded and its expansion to a
four-year course still a year off.
The older institutions, particularly the Uni
versity probably feel that Portland State is
siphoning off some of their prospects. This
may be true in a degree. However many who
have entered the Portland school probably
would not have gone to the other institutions.
Very soon all will have as many students as
they can handle. The showing at Portland
State means that the Legislature will have to
open its purse strings to finance another full
fledged educational institution. After Vanport
however that was almost inevitable.
A reporter has gone to Spain to run down
a tip that Beria had landed there of all
places. Next thing we know the rumors will
have him living right in the Vatican. We hold
to our theory that the Beria story is the fly
ing saucer of 1953.
Editorial Comment
THE BETTER 'OLE
At various points in the Willamette valley saw
mills have been shutting down or going on a part
time operation because the Southern Pacific has
been unable to supply the cars needed for ship
ping. As we have read of these mill difficulties
we have thought of the good fortune enjoyed here
in the service of the rail lines operating into
Bend. So far as can remember there has never
been failure in car supply on the part of the Hill
lines (Oregon Trunk and Great Northern) nor on
that of the Harriman line (the Deschutes branch
of the Union Pacific-We are lucky.
(Bend Bulletin)
ing by American aid, and Amer
ican influence was an important
factor in making Magsaysay
minister of defense.
Despite sabotage, Magsaysay
cleaned his ministry and the
Philippine army of graft and
politics. He breathed a wholly
new spirit Into the campaign
against the huks. By untiring
effort he destroyed or localised
these Communist guerrillas, and
to combat communism he began
to preach a brighter Philippine
future.
In all this effort, and even in
developing his ideas, Magsaysay
worked intimately with the
American Embassy and military
advisory group. The relationship
was so happy that Quirino has
even charged that Magsaysay's
former American liaison officer,
CoL Edward Lansdale, acted as
"Magsaysay's public relations
man." All that ended, of course,
when Magsaysay left the cabinet
to run for the presidency
against his former chief. Our
wholly admirable ambassador
here, Adrn. Raymond Spruance,
has maintained an attitude of
the strictest correctness in the
current political compaign.
None the less, President Quir
ino has twice burst out with
accusations that the Embassy
was intervening in the struggle.
Although these unfounded
charges have had i to be with
drawn, Quirino's supporters like
speaker Peres, have continued
to repeat the charges. And the
real attitude of the American
government is discernible be
hind the correct facade, in such
very simple facts as the failure
f any Eisenhower administra
tion leader to see President
Quirino, the head of a friendly
and allied state, during his re
cent three months in America
for medical treatment
As a practical matter, there
fore, Magsaysay is the American
candidate in the Philippine
election which will be decided
next November. He is univer
sally regarded as such. He hard
ly denies it. The fact is vital,
for it can produce the most far
reaching effects upon the future
in Asia. But these must be
examined tn another report.
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One of the early travellers over the newly refurbished
Center St. bridge was a Dallas man who apparently wanted
to see how much this particular chunk of asphalt would take.
Sec. (of Commerce) Weeks said: 'Of course, we can have a
good depression if everyone continued to think we're going to
have one. Perhaps the way to have one is to think we're going
to have one. Perhaps the way to have one Is to think YOU'RE
going to have one. I don't think we're going to have one'." . . .
Klnda depressing, isn't it?
The newly-organized Salem Motel & Hotel Association
is going all out. About 25,000 copies of a flashy pamphlet
folder, "A Guide to Motels and Hotels in Salem," are being
distributed not only around Salem but in cities as far away
as Eugene and Portland . . . The attractive guide lists (na
turally) motels and hotels and also several local markets, din
ing and entertainment spots, laundries and cleaners, photo
shops, automotive firms and service stations . . . Plus a map
of Salem and a few statistics . . .
Even the Gov. Patterson says deer hunters can take off on
Oct 3 opening day because there's no serious fire danger (ex
cept to each other) forestry officials warn that the situation
can yet become -flammable. A couple days of east winds and
skidding humidity readings could dry ont the woods to the hot
foot stage ... Not only that but deer-slayers must still get
permits to enter certain closed state and federal forest areas.
These are districts which are closed every year until the fall
rains come . . Old powder and trigger men are going to miss
that annual fall hassle of deer season vs fire season which used
to see the governor, sportsmen, forest officials, loggers and the
game commission all drawing a bead on each other . . .
TELE VINE: What should you do about your TV anten
nae in view of new stations expected within a few weeks
(KOIN-TV Portland and KPIC Salem?) . . . The answer is
absolutely nothing . . . just wait and see what your present
antennae will bring in . . . Some styles will receive anything,
others may or may not depending on their locations. Chances
seem good that KPIC's south-of-Silverton transmitter is close
enough to most valley centers to bring in a good picture even
without antennae being pointed at it . . . KOIN-TV (UHF
Channel 6) is due on the air Oct. 15 but test patterns are
likely within a few days . . . Engineers estimate it will radi
ate a Grade A picture south through the Sheridan-Salem-Silverton
perimeter; Grade B through Corvallis, Lebanon and
Sweet Home perimeter . . . Antennae at Sylvan are more than
1000 feet above sea level.
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HAY FEVER: SEASON
City police who finally halted him said he
was doing about 60 mph. Stepping from his
car the speedster sobbed in aggrieved tones;
"But officer, this is the first time I've ever
been on this stretch of highway!" There's
probably a moral there someplace, but the
cop couldn't find it.
Remarks that will live in history dept . . .
The AP wire came through with this gem of
a quote: "Departing from his prepared text.
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Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Years Ago
Sept 25, 1943
Ex-Premier Edouard Herriot
a prominent figure in French
politics died in southern France.
Oregon received $316,878 in
Clarke-McNary federal funds for
distribution to private Forest
Fire Protection Associations, re
ported State Forester N. S.
Rogers.
The 46 citizens of Mexico who
are quartered in Woodburn
buildings while in Oregon to
help relieve the labor shortage
celebrated Mexican Indepen
dence Day by raising the Mexi
can and United States flags.
25 Years Ago
Sept 25, 1928
The Snikpoh dramatic society
of the Senior High school en
larged ' the membership to 30
boys and 30 girls from 20 each.
New officers were David Eyre
Jr., president; Maxine Myers,
vice president; Dolores Mills,
secretary arid Ceroid Simpson,
treasurer.
Ellen Heminway, Salem High
school girl, rolled a 265 point
score on the Winter Garden
bowling alleys here. It was one
of the highest scores ever made
by a feminine bowler on the
Pacific Coast
On the recommendation of
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
the chairman of the technical
committee of the Transcontin
ental Air Transport Company,
organized to operate plane train
service across (he country.
40 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1913
Forty-five acres of state lands
used for the farm by the feeble
minded institution was chosen
by the State Board of Control
and the advisors board as a
site for the new State Industrial
school for girls. The site is part
of 640 acres.
Work started on what is
claimed to be the longest bridge j
in the world. The bridge will
connect New York with Long
Island, it took 90,000 tons of
steel and 440,000 cubic yards of
masonry. j
In England the sting of a )
wasp killed Lady Molesworth,
formerly Jane G. Frost, daugh- j
ter of Brieadier General D. M. !
Frost, U.S.A., of St Louis.
Better English
By D. C WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "Over and above
these facts, let me present
these figures.
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "florid"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Resilience, radi
ence, experience, adherence.
4. What does the word "per
tinacious" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
. with sub that means "to con
quer by force"?
ANSWERS
1. Say, "In addition to these
facts." 2. Pronounce the o as in
on, not as in no. 3. Radiance.
4. Adhering resolutely to an
opinion, purpose, or design;
often, perversely obstinate.
"His pertinacious tendencies
; caused some people to shun
him." 5. Subjugate.
The Sierra Nevada forms the
eastern boundary of Kings Can
yon National Park, California.
HTmnmrn
(Continued from page one)
We shall, I hope, never grow
weary or discouraged in our
quest for peace. But what the
United States : does cannot
achieve the desired goal unless
there is an equivalent re
sponse." And again:
"I say on behalf of the Gov
ernment of the United States
that we are prepared to show
in ourselves the spirit which we
invoke in others."
Dulles effectively laid the
ghost of any crusade of libera
tion which arose out of one of
Eisenhower's speeches on for
eign affairs in the 1952 cam
paign. The Secretary said to
UN:
"But our creed does not call
for exporting revolution or in
citing others to violence. Let me
make that emphatic . . . We put
our hopes in the vast responsi
bilities of peaceful change."
It is hard to see how a Secre
tary of State could be more
tolerant and less vituperative
in a time of such acute friction
than Mr. Dulles was in this ad
dress. Some may criticise it for
omissions like the making of
concrete offers, but these pro
perty are reserved for the ne
gotiating table. However, he
did say that the U. S. is eager
to bring its troops home from
Korea, that it seeks no pretext
to use Korea as a military out
post on the Asian mainland.
The full text of the Dulles
address appears in this week's
issue of U. S. News and World
Report. Also printed in that
issue is the text of the report of
Adlai Stevenson on his world
tour. This was a non-political
address which I shall undertake
to review tomorrow.
Both merit the thoughtful
study of all Americans. Neither
is partisan; each is directed to
ward the same goal of promot
ing a better understanding
among nations. All our efforts
may be doomed to failure but
we must make them for our own
wellbeing and that of all man
kind. Literary
Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
WHITE HUNTER BLACK
HEART, by Peter Viertel
(Doubleday; $3.95).
Opening as a novel about a
movie director who is a problem
boy to his backers, associates,
helpmates and staff, this novel
winds up in a sort of one-man
safari for a bull elephant in the
Belgian Congo. John Wilson is
the rambunctious central figure,
and the story is told by Peter
Verrill, screen writer. Wilson's
absolute conviction that he
knows what he's' doing with an
African movie which he will
direct drives him to sneer at all
criticism of his script and his
production plans. Saying good
by to all his girls in London, he
finally reaches the site, and the
mental state, where he wants to
shoot game, not picture.
Thanks to some lively action
and brisk conversation, this
threatens more than once to be
a really good novel, but the ram
bling adventure story proves too
insistent
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Korean Case
Seen as Soon
Unsolvable
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
The more the diplomats' talk
about Korea the more it appears
that its case will soon join that of
Germany among currently insol
uble problems. j
The arguments surrounding the
proposed peace conference them-!
selves suggest that they are aca
demic, more sparring over a meet
ing which will not be able to ac
complish anything if it does occur.
You can make a plausible if ;
somewhat technical argument that
the conference must be held lest, by .
vitiation of one clause, the entire
armistice will be voided.
Fear in some quarters that . the
Communists have intended all the
time' to void it when it is convenient ,
has been enhanced by reports that i
they arl steadily building up their '
strength, especially in the air, in
violation of the truce. -. -
It seems on the surface, however, !
to be more likely that, since they
went to the trouble of making the
truce, that they intend to use it
in every way possible to consoli
date their position In North Korea,
but not by resuming fighting in i
South Korea. N
The possibility that Syngman
Rhee of South Korea will carry -out
his threat to resume fighting in
four months, if no political settle
ment has been reached by then.
grows more ana more remote.
He has been warned again, this
time by Lester Pearson of Canada, !
that he will not have U.N. support
if he does so.
Rhee is assayed in some quarters
as a fanatic, like Mossadegh of
Iran, who would shrink neither from
personal nor from national suicide
rather than abandon his objectives. ;
But if he tried to do so it seems
quite likely that Allied warnings
would be translated into actual re
straints. t "
Observers at the U.N. lean some
what to the belief that there won't
be any conference. In the beginning
it was an American idea, developed
as a means of keeping political dis
cussions out of the truce talks. The
Communists must know that the Al
lies have nothing to offer in re
turn for their demand that Korea
be unified. '-''!
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Present maneuvering in the UN. !
looks very much like an attempt by
each side to fix the blame for fail
ure to meet on the other.
It would, however, be a typical
Communist tactic to go ahead with
the meeting and then try to pin the
blame for disrupting it on the Al
lied side. Both the United States
and South Korea have threatened to
walk out if the conference is held
and the Reds adopt their tradition
al stalling tactics.
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