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"No Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman. March 28. 1851
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CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Raid on Federal Lands Y
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce confer
ence on natural resources held at San' Fran
cisco Wednesday turned out, as predicted, to
be an assault on federal lands. We regret,
however, to see that the lead was taken by
our good friend Frank McCaslin of Portland.
He is chairman of the chamber's committee
on natural resources and declared that feder
al ownership of vast land areas is hampering
development of 'resources, ; industries and
communities. And he pointed to wall maps
showing the. percentage of lands in federal
ownership. ' ' -
Come now, Frank, and prove your case.
'What federal lands would you dispose of:
The Indian lands? Surely the whites are not
going to sell the Indians out from their ab
breviated heritage (though they may decide
to do that themselves). National parks? ,
Maybe the Olympic park is overgrown, but
what others should be curtailed? Not Crater
Lake or Yellowstone or Yosemite, surely.
" National forests? Isn't it a good thing for
private industry and communities that we
have these great reserves to fall back on
now that private timber is so nearly gone?
Well, the only remaining sizeable area is the
grazing lands.' But they , are leased to stock
men under such favorable terms that the
deal is better than owning the lands and pay
ing taxes on them. The only reason these
lands are in public ownership is because they
were too poor to be worth homesteading.
There are chunks of lands here and there
which infringe on community expansion,
chiefly military reservations. Portland
wants Vanport back, for example. But these
j are xt minor consequence, i !
1 The U. S. Chamber should quit dealing in
generalities and say just what lands it pro
poses to turn to private ownership, and on
what terms. ' . 1
Scene Shifts in California Politics
".The appointment of 'Governor Warren of
California to the Supreme Court clears the
way for Goodwin J. Knight to succeed him
as governor. Knight is serving his second
term as lieutenant governor but has; been
popping buttons off his vest to run for gov
ernor. He was in the race the last time War-
ren declared himself and Knight made a
'strategic retreat." Already he had declared
his candidacy lor the 1954 contest. Now the
office comes to him on a platter, though he
will have to run for the'jiext term. The in
cumbency gives him a running start on 1954.
The Democrats had begun to perkrtip hopes
of translating their heavy registration ma
jority into .ballot box crosses on ballots, -with
the redoubtable Warren out of the way. They
will have to make a fresh view of the-field -
' with Knight as incumbent. The latter will
not be as nearly invincible as Warren, who
' for his second term won nominations of both
big .parties. I.
Knight is on the conservative side -of the
GOP which will affect his drawing power
among middle-of-the-road voters. Calif orn
ians in the past have looked the candidates
over and then voted without much Tegard
to party lines. Whether they are ready to re
turn to party harness remains to be seen. If
they do, in view of the preponderant Demo
cratic registration, it will be goodnight for
Goodwin Knight. ;
A 17-year-old California boy told the Eu-
gene police how he killed a man at Shasta
lake just to get his car for a trip to see his
' girl. Murders go back to the world's first fam
ily but now they seem to have become very
casual affairs. Cain had real fires of jealousy
to prorhpt him to kill Abel; but this boy was
only pursuing a whim. How can we do a bet
ter job of instilling the moral controls which
will keep youth from crime? That is our grav
est domestic question, i i
Tax on Manufactures?
President Eisenhower said the administra
tion had no intention of asking for a national
sales tax, but said he might ask for an ex
cise tax on all manufactures. The sales tax
field, he feels, is preempted by state and
local governments. : " ;
We have a variety of excise taxes now,
many of which hit at the retail level: Jewel
ry, furs, -cosmetics. The major excise taxes
(as on tobacco, liquors) are collected from
manufacturers. t
Most tax authorities agree that manufac
turers' taxes pyramid and so fall with a heav
ier burden on the ultimate consumer, A five
per cent tax at the point of manufacture be
comes imbedded; in the cost price to the job
ber and wholesaler and retailer and the per
centage markup at each stage in the transfer
from producer to consumer builds up the
original five per cent to a considerably high
. er figure, y
Any tax is a burden, to be sure; and it
falls on the "weakest link" in the chain,
which usually is the consumer. We should,
however, match 'out government outgo with
adequate income. The job of the President
and of Congress is to develop a tax pro
gram which will be the most fair as well as
the least painfuL
PLUMBER'S WRENCH
Traubel Out of the Met
Helen Traubel is backtracking on a musical
star's career. Many musicians come up
through the music hall or popular concert
stage, or even the night club circuit, but few
reverse their direction after they reach star
dom and the golden glow of the "Met." Miss
Traubel, who filled in the latter part of the
summer with appearances at Chez Paree, a
Chicago nitery, : spurns the conditions of her
return to the Metropolitan in order to contin
ue to sing at night clubs. Rudolph Bing, man
ager 6f the Met, had required that she re
frain from such appearances in New York
before and after her grand opera engage
ments. Traubel called that "snobbery."
Well, if it' is i snobbery the butter on the
bread probably is thicker at the Chez Parees,
, or at the Las j Vegas gambling emporiums
where Melchoir has returned for repeat en- '
gagements. One can attend a performance at
the Met for under $5 a seat but try to get
out of a night club for less than ten.
We can agree with Traubel that there is
much good music which doesn't qualify as
"grand opry" and which singers like to sing.
But it must be admitted there is a "caste"
in music and among singers. And to drop out
of the Met in order to be free to perform in
the pleasure haunts of the cities and gambling
casinos does seem to degrade the art and the
artist. Nelson Eddy has shifted to radio and
movie musicales, -which probably provide
him bigger income, but his rating as a singer
is lowered (though that may be why he shift
ed. Traubel will never be acclaimed as the
great Wagnerian star now that she glitters
in Chez Paree. ij . . .
Editorial Comment
PRIMARY WHAT KIND?
Presidential' primaries they appeared import
ant in 1952 before and during the nominating
conventions, and they probably will take on sig
nificance again in 1956 or before. Meanwhile,'
only a little is done about them.
Part of that little, however, consists of a pre
liminary report to the American. Political Science
Association by a group of Brookings Institution
researchers which is making an extensive study of
the subject. Their initial work has included sift
ing into six classifications the 17 state laws on
presidential primaries.
Actually, says Dr. Paul T. David, there are not
merely six kinds of presidential primaries but
17 kinds, because every such law differs from
every other in some particular. But the prelim
inary findings are favorable mainly to two of the
six classifications.
One of these is the California-Wisconsin-Min-nesota-South
Dakota type in which a single mark
expresses a choice both for a nominee and a
slate of delegates. Another is the New York-Pennsylvania-Illinois
type whereby voters elect
district delegates and party organizations choose
delegates-at-large.
Most of the state legislatures will not convene
again until 1955. Only 13 hold lawmaking sessions
in the even-numbered years. But by another year
instructive comparisons should be available on
the practical workings of these laws. Meanwhile
it is important to keep alive the interest which
will help give rank-and-file citizens a meaningful
part in the choice of party presidential nom
inees. (Christian Science Monitor.)
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Adiilt Advisers MXhe Chest
To Hi-Y Clubs
Now Total 11
Adult 1 advisers- aiding Salem
High School's six YMCA Hi-Y
clubs hate increased to 11 just
one shy of two advisers for each
club.
Roberti Hamilton, Hi-Y repre-
sentative on the Boy'- Work Com
mittee, is starting his second year
as an active member of this
group. Hamilton and Douglas
Chambers are charged with se
curing Hi-Y advisers.
Advisers this year include:
James Psyne, Rollie Haag, Mer
lin schulze, James Hunt. Bud
Sharpnack, Jack Hazlett, William
Lockard,? Oscar Specht, John
Stortz, Lloyd Griffiths and Frank
Walton.
Percy W. Meier, manager f
' Woodrys Furniture store, is
captain ef the mercantile divis
ion of the $140,000 Salem Com
inanity Chest fond drive U
start next week. '
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10 Years Ago
October 2, 1943
Lt Comdr., Roy S. "Spec"
Keene, former director of Ath
letics and coach at Willamette
University disclosed he will di
rect the 12th naval districts phy
sical fitness program in
Francisco.
Sixty-eight soldiers were en
tertained at the Eyerly Flying E
ranch. Mrs. Eyerly served re
freshments to the group.
Mrs. Garlcn Simpson enter
tained in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius Bateson and three
sons, Cornelius 'Jr., Gilbert and
William who recently moved,
here from Bozeman, Montana.
They bought a farm near Prat
um. 25 Years Ago
October 2, 1928
Herbert Hoover revised his
bets" by putting a halter on
FDR's extreme notions so they
voted for a conservative Repub
lican for Congress.
Gilbert wrote in "Iolanthe"
"I often think it's comical
, How nature always does contrive
San ' That every boy and every gal.
That's born into this world alive,
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative."
This should be corrected to
state that almost every little boy
and girl has inclinations in both
directions and retains them when .
grown up and voting, j
Thus, we probably' ; shall see
the voters, of Oregon . returning
conservative Guy Cordon to the
Senate in 1954; and we may see
them re-electing Wayne Morse in
1936. Bob Ruhl has been around
long enough to know that poli
tics itself is a mystery. As with
foods, there often seems no ac-
counting for tastes.
This columnist is leaving on a
trip to the East Coast He will
look in on United Nations, as an
observer this time; and attend
meetings in Philadelphia and
Washington, the latter another
session of the committee planning
the conference sessions, on water
resources schedlued for Decem
ber. As time permits, some columns
will be sent back by airmail, with
regular resumption scheduled for
Oct. 22.
Your Health
Dr.
By
Herman
Sondesea
Though tuberculosis has been Louis Stevenson were' among the
iH522T P" d W names ver many who fell victim to
der of the campaign and mapped
out a new program, which saw
him in action on the speaking
platform once a week. ,
Gould Morehouse of Salem en
tered Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y., after a thirty -day trip
through the Panama CanaL
the
since medical history was lust "White Plague,
recorded, it was about one nun- - With the improvement in liv
dred years ago that the death ing conditions, the rate of tuber
rate from it was at its height culosis has decreased, though it
Slum conditions in most countries is estimated . that it still claims
were mainly responsible for this five to six' million lives a year
development, though its effect throughout the world. It ranks
was not limited to those who as a 'leading health problem in
, x ' i i lived in the crowded, undesirable many parts of the world, espe-
jonn OlMix. r.vans, instructor neirhhorhood. Eliiahoth Barrett riallv in Aaia and Ttin Amorira.
Browning, Chopin and Robert
Russian Possession of H-Bomb Said Best
Reason for the Calling 4-Power Talks
i By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
- Associated Press News Analyst -
- President Eisenhower, without
actually coupling the two things
himself, has now expressed the
best reason ever offered for a top
.' level four-power conference.
He says Russian possession of
the hydrogen bomb makes it more
. important than ever to find out
what her intentions are
I The possibility of learning some
; thing on this point at high level
J conferences was quickly recognized
after Winston Churchill made his
suggestion last May. It was just
about the only point at which clin
ical observers thought there was
a possibility of concrete results.
.
It was also recognized that Rus-
. sia would not go into a conference
unless she had definite objectives
of her own and a real hope of car-
v rying them out and that recogniz
ing the Western objective, she
; would make every effort to baffle
it with a false display of sweetness '
and light - ' ;
Eisenhower iswell aware of what
happened at Tehran, Yalta and
Potsdam.
Yet he and all the Western coun
tries are' faced with the problem
not so much of whether there will
eventually be a war, but when.
.They have to be prepared for
' eventual war. But if it is not likely
to tome quickly, then over-preparedness
now is a waste of resources
which will weaken their ultimate
' position. . f
' : Eisenhower's doubt that there is
much possibility of agreement with
an anti-religious nation is enhanced
by the facts that Russia is totali
tarian, that she is traditionally ex
pansionist, and that this expansion
ism has been tied to a revolution
ary dream which will collapse if
it loses its belligerent dynamism.
The best means of determining a
country's intent, of course, is to
look at its acts. Russia's record
is clear. No amount of talk, only
a new record of action, can pre
sent her in a new light
If there is no question about
her hostility, there stm is a ques
tion of how far she intends to carry
it, and if it is to be carried to
new peaks, when?
The answers to these questions
must be sought by all methods.
of pipe-organ at the University
of Oregon, gave a concert on the
newly installed' organ at the
First Presbyterian church. Miss
Lena Belle Tartar, contralto, was
the assisting artist
40 Years Ago
October 21913
The wireless station at Port
land and Corvallis picked-up a
message Stating that the steamer
Spokane had been wrecked off
Cape Lazo, B. C The steamer
was owned by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company.
C. E. Amiola solo flutist of W.
E. McElroy's concert band at the
state fair, was a member of the
orchestra of the Iroquois theater
in Chicago, when on Dec. 30,
1902. it was destroyed by fire,
which caused the death of over
600 persons.
During the fiscal year ending
last June, 1912, 2,000,000,000
American cigarettes were exported.
Better English1
By D. C WILLIAMS
Most tuberculosis infections, as
found in the United States, af
fect the lungs, although the dis
ease may affect the intestines,
kidneys, nervous system, bones or
other body organs. Lang infec
tions are most commonly spread
1. What is wrong with this from one person to another by
sentence? "We don't doubt but means of coughed-up phlegm,
what the truth will come out" Mass X-ray studies of the popu-
2. What is the correct pro- lation have brought out many
nunciation of "irrevocable"? hidden cases of tuberculosis and
3. Which one of these words have enabled arresting of the
is misspelled? Proof, reproove, disease to be effected because of
groove, forsooth. u early detection.
4. What does, the word "fa- Up until 1948, methods of treat
cade" mean? J ; ing tuberculosis depended pri-
5. What is a word beginning marily upon the individual's own
with pa that' means '"'not ac- power of recovery. As useful as
Want Top TV Set?
Treat It Like Baby
By EVE STARK - ,
HOLLYWOOD MORE CARE, LESS WEAR: Now that winter's
on the; way and cool nights are in the offing, the kind of nights ;
where a flickering picture tube recalls memories of dancing flames
in the fireplace, you d better pay strict attention;
to care1 of your TV set Otherwise you 11 suddei
find yourself face to face with problems, like how
to keep pop away from the pool room and junior
from squawking when the picture goes dark. i
Some leading television maintenance authoii-f
ties ($?0 per hour and up, not including parts)
have given me a few good suggestions. Follow!
them and keep the family circle closed tight
r
Don t put your set too close to windows,
radiators, or trarm air registers. Intense cold, heaf, or damp
nest Will upset its delicate mechanism. Don't move the set any
more than you have to. Its insides are more easily jarred than
Uncle ' Lute's pout-ridden Iet leg. Try not to slam doors in
your TV room. Even this can jar a sensitive tube.
The set generates heat, so place it at least seven inches
rom a trail so air jlows jreely around it. Don't let it touch
curtains or other inflammable material, otherwise you'll pull
the local jiremen ftnm "A Love Lucy" to star in your own -homemade
drama. .
Inspect your outdoor antenna from time to time. Is it lo
catedso it best brings in your area's stations? Is it altrays
securely and properly attached to the building?
Learn to operate the controls properly. This applies to both
front and rear. But study the manufacturer's instruction booklet
carefully before reaching for the controls behind. Don't even put
your hands near the back of the set without-DISCONNECTING
THE ELECTRICITY.
Do not turn the tuning switch from station to station more -than
necessary. Everyone hates a channel-switcher, and the experts
say it's bad for the picture tube. Children, especially, like to fiddle
with the dials. ..' "
Above all, keep the household handyman away, from the set if
it does get out of whack. Better to spend a little with someone
who knows what he's doing than to prolong your acquaintance with
the finance company while buying a new set "
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STARR-BR1TE: Jack Webb's TV "Dragnet," thrown
about the West Coast grammar school set, has captured at
least one arch criminal a re-birth of the old "knock-knocks.'
Usinjr Webb's distinctive musical signature, the- youngsters
. arf pulling this one on long-sufjerivq parevts.
"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?"
'pxfm."
' "Dum, who?" .
'tDurn di dumm dum."
"Trial will be held in the woodshed!
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DIAL SPINS: "Where's Raymond," the Ray Bolser U:'Um
series; will have Broadway songstress Jan Clayton ("Crrousel")
star-lighting the third show . . . Telecasters from some 10 states
met in Philadelphia to huddle on V pay-as-you-see-TV plans . . .
More audience participation shows and soap operas to fill morning
and afternoon time slots at ABC: a television of radio's "Turn to
a Friend," a daily audience participation show: another with mimic
Dean Murphy as emcee; the "Era Westmore Show," featuring
make-up and beauty experts; and the TV adaptation of radio's "My
True jStory" . . . Former movie queen Madeline Carroll will be
moderator of a new panel show on WNBT New York with Gloria
Vandrbilt Stockowski set on an "all-glamour paneL -
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tively"?
ANSWERS
Literary Guidepost
He thinks that the basic Malayan
stock sailed north from the Ma
laya region instead of west and
rode the! Japanese current to
America. Some stayed there as
the Northwest American Indian
tribes,' who amazed early white
By JOE WING
AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE
PACIFIC by Thor Heyerdahl
(Rand McNally; $15).
After leading the. Kon-Tiki ex
pedition which proved six years
. TLWftmT men with their great war canoes,
span the Pacific from Peru to tne . 4V .,
Polynesian islands, the first task "l .i0"0.e fU.?5nt?
adventure. -
His second was writing this fat A Hundreds of years before that
scientific treatise, to prove among be theorizes, a superior race from
other things that early Ameri-' eru including blonde and beard-
bed rest and lung collapse are in
treating tuberculosis, these meth-
1. Say, "We don't doubt that ods depend primarily upon the
the truth will come out" 2. patient's body's own attempts to
Accent second syllable, not the halt the disease,
third. 3. Reprove. 4. The front In 1944, an antibiotic known as
of a building, especially the streptomycin was discovered. This
principal front (Pronounce fa- was the first drug that was ef-
sad, both a's as in ah, accent f ective in fighting the germ caus- j
second syllable.) 5. Passively, ing tuberculosis. However effec-
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GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty
permanent damage to the eighth
or hearing nerve and may also
cause the patient to have diffi
culty in maintaining his balance
and coordination.
Some of the disadvantages of
using streptomycin have more or
less been solved by combining it
with other drugs. One that has
been used for many years is para
aminosalicylic acid, or as it is
more commonly known, PAS.
cans did make such trips.
ed leaders, sailed their log rafts
Anyone with an interest in this Easter Island.
sort of thing and time to plow
through half a million words will
find it almost as fascinating as
the best seller. , -
Heyerdahl proposes, in brief,
to reverse nearly- all previous
This seems to tie in, oddly
enough, with the theories of
another recent book that, blonde
: people from the Mediterranean
were responsible for much of the
culture on which the lncas built
theories and have the islands in Peru. But other archeologists
populated by sea rovers from the are unlikely to accept all these
New World instead of the old. new theories without a struggle,
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".Near as f can aaafrt o(, tibe way to surr'm m H bomb k
fcMrt tibe sm m m A adh...Wy mcn to."
Recently, a new synthetic drug
known as isoniazid has been de
veloped which has proven to be
very helpful in tuberculosis when
used with streptomycin. Isoniazid
is made from niacin, a part of the
vitamin B complex.
It is believed that the combined
use of these drugs may be help
ful in presenting a new attack
against the tuberculosis germ,
and perhaps really help conquer
a killer that has reigned more or
less steadily over t the health of
the world for entirely too long a
tune.
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by any type of treatment Is there
anything you can recommend?
Answer: Psoriasis of the nails
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