4 Statesman, Salem Orocjon Monday NoYombor 2 1SS3
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"No Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awe"
Tnm Tint Statesman, March U, 1KI
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Venus Unvictorieuse
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It will be a long time before Salem hears
the last of its Renoir "Venus Victorieuse."
The story of the rejection of the bronze by
the famous French artist is told in the "After
Hours" section of Harper's Magazine, under
the title "Prudery, Publicity and Pioneers."
The illustrative headpiece shows the base of
leggy- Venus with a bevy; of black-coated
men passing fig leaves up to a man on a
ladder. ' "
The controversy over choice of the nude
Venus as a memorial to the pioneers of Ore
gon is described as "in the best entrenched
tradition of American art patronage." Again:
Decency has beclouded the issue of suita
bility. As usual."
"After Hours' relates the story "from a
friend who lives out that way," (Dick Neu
berger?) and tells it quite accurately. It
winds up quoting "a former reporter for The
Statesman, who had lived in Salem much of
his life
"The naked Venus gave a lot of noisy folks
a chance to sound off on how pure and up
right they are." (Edit. -G. Putnam please
note) ... . "The other people, who might really
have! been proud of the Venus statue, didn't
dare say jso." i 5
Last week a letter came from the National
Sculpture Society commending the judgment
of Salem folk who cast out the Venus. The
society expressed the view that the statue
wasn't suitable as a pioneer memorial. We
can't help wondering though if there wasn't
a bit of concern for an artist's commission
behind the communication.
If we want to capitalize on all this publicity
perhaps we should set up a base bearing the
label, "Venus Unvictorieuse."
Oregon lost one of its most brilliant con
tributors to medical progress in the death of
Richard B. Dillehunt, long-time dean of
the University of Oregon Medical School
whose inspiration lived on long after his
retirement to comparative inactivity.
Dr. Dillehunt, among whose many accom
plishments was in helping found Portland's
Shriner Hospital for Crippled Children,
stepped out of the medical school adminis-
tration to be dean emeritus 12 years ago when
struck by a heart attack. But his help and
advice were continually sought, and his im
pact was kept lively through his many pub
lished letters on a myriad of subjects.
His faith and perserverance played a major
part in obtaining a new medical school on
Marquam Hill on Portland more than three
decades ago, and through his .continuing.
efforts after he became dean the site grew
into one of the finest centers of
learning on the coast.
The esteem in which he was held by his
own profession was evinced only a week ago
when the Oregon Medical Society recom
mended to the State Board of Higher Edu
cation that the new teaching hospital be
named for him. The recommendation was
tabled because of a prohibition against nam
ing such a building for a living person. It
seems highly probable now that the new
hospital will be the material monument he
so richly earned.
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The Safety Valve
It v tuiltimml that X
mt cms.
High pressures from auto manufacturers
has blown gaskets among automobile retail
ers. In the race for volume and industry pos
ition the big makers rolled machines off the
assembly lines Jo break previous records,
then turned the heat on dealers to market
them. This led to bad selling practices; the
used car market got glutted; new cars piled
up unsold. The climax came when dealers had
to go to extreme lengths in deals to move out
1953 models and make room for the 1954s. It
has been a tough year for car retailers, though
the big manufacturers report good earnings. ,
Maybe the dealers ought to form a union for
self-protection.
Inside TV
Dennis Morgan Will
Make xAtorhic Love
HOLLYWOOD DIAL SPINS: Gloria Blondell, Joan's sister,
will appear on the "Life of Riley" show for another 26 weeks
... Dennis Morgan and Marjorie Rambeau head the cast of
Our Points Are Bolstered
Oregon's unexpected but well-earned tri
umph over the University of Southern Cali
fornia should allay for a time those periodic
demands that schools in the Northwest form
their own grid league instead of mixing it up
with their bigger California jrontemporaries.
But the game in Portland, Saturday won't
have much effect on the current drive to take
Via fnnftrnri cramf au-bv frnm PnrtlanH
and put them back in Eugene and CorVallis.
Multnomah Stadium with a normal capacity
annrnvimatolu 3D flftfl urae lace than Ihraa.
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fifths filled whereas Lansing, Mich., turned
out a capacity crowd exceeding 50,000 to
watch the Michigan State Spartans run over
Oregon State 34 to 8.
The Portland crowd, actually, approxi
mated the same size as that which watched
the Oregon-UCLA game at Eugene a. month
ago. And the student body got the benefit
not just the more affluent and comparatively
few who can make periodic journeys to Port
land. The Statesman reiterates that the schools
in the growing Northwest are entitled to play
in -the same league with other coast schools,
and that Portland's support of the games does
not' warrant taking them away from the
schools home towns.
Frank Bennett, who resigned as Salem
school superintendent to become President of
Eastern Oregon College of Education, has sent
us a booklet reviewing the 25 years of his
tory of the school at LaGrande. It is attrac
tively gotten up and well illustrated. The
college serves Eastern Oregon and that sec
tion of the state is very loyal to it. With
a good plant and a competent faculty, EOCE
is well equipped to continue and expand its
service to the youth of the Northwest.
"Atomic Love" for the General Electric Theater
. . . Irving Hoffman, on a world trip to gather
material for a book, "Trails of Hoffman," has
already been offered more than a dozen TV
guest shots on his return . . , Lew Ayres clicked
so nicely as the star of "Donovan's Brain," that
he's been offered the title role of Dr. Patrick
Cory, in a new, teleseries which will feature scien
tific advancement in drugs and medicine.
Lawrence Spraker reporting in his Stayton
Mail on a trip to Los Angeles, says the fastest
route is via Bend, Lakeview, Reno and Bish
op. Distance is the same as via Highway 99,
but traffic on this route is lighter; cities are
fewer and smaller and there are long stret
ches of straight highway. Now that we have
an excellent road over the Cascades to Bend
people should know of its advantages on trips
to Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
Prices of livestock feeds are by no means
rigid. A list furnished us by a feed dealer
shows substantial declines in many items in
the line of proprietary feeds. Dairy meal, for
instance, is down $12-$ 13 per ton; mill run
has dropped from $76 to $50 and soya bean
meal from $145 to $105 per ton. So the drop
in prices of livestock has some compenp?tion
in the declines in animal feeds.
FDR had his Madame Perkins; Harry Tru
man his Dean Acheson; and Eisenhower has
his Benson, and like his predecessors will not
desert his appointee who is under fire unjustly.
U.N. Debate on Korea Atrocity Charges
May Reach New Mark for Name-Calling
By MAX HARRELSOV
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. Wl .
The coming debate on American
charges of Communist atrocities
in Korea could easily turn into
one of the nastiest exchanges
ever heard by the U. N.
There is no doubt that U. S.
Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,"
will let the Reds have it with
both barrels when he presents the
findings that the U. S. Army re
leased , last week. The Russians
are expected to Tight back I with
charges of their own against
American troops.
Those who have followed U. N.
proceedings are familiar with the
Communist brand of accusations.
And, no matter whether or not
you believe them, it must be con
ceded they ' leave nothing to the
imagination.
For example, in a single com
plaint to the U. N. in 1931, the
North Korean foreign minister
charged: U. S. troops killed more
than 28,000 civilians in Seoul after
torturing many of them by put
tin? out eyes, breaking bones.
using fire and starvation; shot
more than 10.000 prisoners whom
they took with them on evacua
ting Seoul; looted and destroyed
museums: machincninned hun-
. dreds of civilians along roads;
raped and killed numerous wo
men.
As recently as last Decembsr.
Russia's Andrei Gromyko charged
b"ore tha Genorrl Assembly that
the United States had shipped
1,400" prisoners of war from Korea
to be used as "guinea pigs in
atom e.bsriraents" in the United
States. He charged that another
WO had been burned alive in
flame thrower experiments.
These--accusations were denied
ov the United States as outrageous
lies. Some delegates even laughed
when they heard the charges. But
just as .the Communist germ war
fare charges against the United
States, these have ben repeated
over and over despite the denials.
. In any exchange of Atrocity
charges between the United States
and Russia, the United States can
be sure to command the support
of the majority in the U. N. For
this reason, whatever proposal, is
submitted by the United States is
expected to win approval. The
question is: By what margin?
Many of the Asian, Arab and
Scandinavian countries are ex
pected to keep aloof, just as they
did in the germ warfare debate.
They feel the atrocity fight is pri
marily a tight between the United
States and Russia and that little
can be accomplished by bringing
it before the U. N.
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Neither a condemnation of the
Communists nor a demand for an
impartial inquiry, they feel, will
carry any weight with the Reds.
And there is another factor
which may contribute to this in
clination to follow a hands-off pol
icy That is a rather widespread
feeling among Asians and Arabs,
in particular, that the United
States conduct of the war has not
been above reproach.-
Although these countries gen
eraly -reject the Communist
atrocity charges as false, their
diplomats have, privately criti
cized the United States for the
use of the napalm bomb and for
what they feel was a too liberal
use of other bombs in rear areas.
Only a month ago, India's V.
K. Krishna Menon denounced the
napalm bomb as a weapon "which
introduced into modern warfare
the medieval methods of torture
by burning people slowly in order
to annihilate the enemy."
Menon also criticized the Uni
ted States for the handling of the
rebellious Communist prisoners in
the bloody riots at Koje and Pon
gam islands last year.
There is still another group in
the U. N. which feels that the
international atmosphere has been
I improving since the death of
Stalin and which is trying to dis
courage any new East-West name
calling.
Some spokesmen for this group
are privately expressing regret
over the U. S. decision to raise
the atrocity issue.
It adds i up to something like
this: The United States undoubted
ly will win a victory on whatever
proposal it submits to the General
Assembly, but the victory may
lose some of its moral force if
it fails to attract the solid sup
port of the Free World.
INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Milan now boasts the largest
TV station in Italy where TV is tremendously popular . .
A new TV station has opened in Rome with daily programs.
Incidentally, a set in Rome costs about the same as here
but owners must pay a J24 tax each year for service . . .
Germany is making slotc progress in TV. Only our hours
a day are dewoted to programs, and most of these are of
very poor quality. Set owners pay a fee, since TV facilities
are government-owned.
"Bonino." a character comedy starring Ezio Pinza, a middle
aged gent with more animal magnetism than the feminine public
can absorb with equanimity, is on its way to becoming a TV
classic or a casualty. Its fate depends almost entirely upon
stronger situations and more original characterizations. The cast,
headed by Pinza, is superb. The David Shaw dialog inspires a
wealth of warmth and tenderness. Unhappily, the characters Rusty
and Charmaine derive so directly from Duffy's Tavern that it's
almost embarrassing. '
There's a shining integrity about the man "Bonino and his
relationship. Haunt some other program, please, with the ghostly
carbons of Archie and Miss Duffy.
CRITIC'S CORNER: Charles Martin and Milton Lewis
(no relation to Dean and Jerry) have fashioned a series
of moving vignettes from Dostoievsky's "Crime and Pun
ishment." The teleplay was ariunexpectedly rewarding emo
tional experience, consideringlthat a half-hour is not enough
to present a great classic such as this. However, the dialogue
was tender, the characterizations strong and the two
combined to complement impressive performances by Jean
Pierre Aumont as Jlaskolntkor, Joan Loring as Sonia, Flor
ence Bates are the murdered pawn-broker, and Rod' Skeiger
as the forerunner of the current crop of psychology-minded
police inspectors!
Sarah Churchill of "Hall of Fame" may wind up with the
Emmy award for the best TV actress of the year and don't
say we didn't tell you so ... A new half-hour dramatic series
will be called "A Thousand and One Nights" the first night
scheduled in February Ah, shades of Scheherazade! ... Sinatra's
negotiations for the "Comedy Hour" guesting fell through, so it
will be Martha Raye with Uncle Milty on November 13th (NBC)
.... The usually taciturn Oscar Levant greeted Jerry Lewis with,
"Hello. How are you? How's your wife and children? How's your
partner? How're your brother and sister? Said Jerry. "Why are
you so' concerned all of a sudden?" Answered Levant, "I'm not,
but my psychoanalyst told me to be friendly . . . Steve Allen
("What's My Line" panelist) ducked into a movie theater re
cently. A woman, seated in front of him, turned and asked,
"Shall I remove my hat?" "Please don't," replied the goggled
comedian, "it's lots funnier than anything 'on the screen."
(Copyright 1953, General Feature. Corp.) 1
Urges Shop Training
At High School
To the Editor: 1
Although Salem School dis
trict 24 is building a four mil
lion dollar high school in
South Salem, I am wondering if
they are going to offer any bet
ter curriculum than at the pres
ent high school.
Figuring that least 60 per
cent of the boys id the school
will some day t arn their living
with their hands, the shop
courses that are given are so
inadequate that it is a shame.
With a city as large as Salem
you would think they would of
fer at least a couple of shops
where boys might learn to apply
themselves. One period, 50 min
. utes a day, the roll has to be
taken, work gotten out and set
up, maybe a chance to use one
of the tools and then put the
things away and get ready for
dismissal Some of the shops
do not have enough equipment,
(and why not?) and the boys
stand around and wait, losing
approximately the whole pe
riod. Why isn't it possible to give
these boys at least one morning
or one afternoon in shop, so
they will have time to learn
something and dispense with a
lot of these other things which
probably will not do them any
good' or that goes over their
head anyway? If the shops were
more attractive and . the kids
could really do things they are
interested in, more boys who
leave school for outside jobs
would stay and maybe see that
college is necessary.
The four million dollar high
school is wonderful for those
preparing for office or white
collar jobs, but for those who'
are going to earn their living
with hands, and are the biggest
percentage of our future tax1
payers, they really! haven't a
chance. What do other parents
think of this? f
While I'm on the subject,
why not cover the Leslie pool
and utilize it 12 months of the
year instead of the three it is
used. I think you will find
many of the youngsters would
love to take swimming along
with their P.Ed.
Mrs. Margaret Kurth
495 W. Browning Ave.
Salem, Ore.
But they arent" I would
strongly urge Engineer Baldock
to remember that we live in a
free country where we do not
penalize the majority simply be
cause there is an offending
minority. We do not live in
a Utopia and I think most of us
are aware of that, but because
all things are not satisfactory
is no reason the majority should
be subjected to a police-state.
If the legislature sees fit to
change the Basic Rule I hope
they make provisions to cover
"reasonable and prudent" con
ditions. Patrick Roden
Salem, Ore.
Favors Basic Speed Rule
To the Editor:
Oregon's basic speed rule may
be 22 years old ,but it contains
the same basic reasoning found
' in the Constitution of the United
States, which is a good many
years older.
Like the constitution, as con
ditions change, so must regula
tions. However, we must not
Jose sight of the basic idea in
volved. I am of the opinion the real
value jt our speed law is found
in the "reasonable and prudent"
phrase.
My automobile is a 1950
Buick. It is in good mechani
cal condition, and when I travel
down an open highway at 60
m.p.h. I feel as reasonably se
cure as any driver on the road.
Now, I have seen people in '30
and '40 models going along at
60 m.p.h. on the same highway,
under the same road conditions
and have had state police pass
me up to stop them. Why? Be
cause it is not "reasonable and
prudent" that these older cars
operate as safely at such speeds,
even under desirable road con
ditions. As the law stands today much
is left to the discretion of our
highway patrol. I think this is
good, even though I have been
stopped many times, and have
also paid my share of fines. Our
state police are well trained,
and men of competent caliber.
While I have high praise for
our state police, I do seriously
criticize State Highway Engi
neer R. H. Baldock for his er
roneous statement that the "Ba
sic Rule would be a fine thing
if all people were reasonable.
JtP
Tears for Eisenhower
To the Editor:
Soon after Eisenhower's elec
tion I received criticism and
some abuse by mail and tele
phone because, in a published
letter, I had expressed sym
pathy for him instead of con-,
gratulation. I had classed him
as a fine gentleman and soldier,
but a political dope with no
knowledge of government, ci
vilian life, or the needs of the
general public: a babe in the
woods misled by strong pre
tended friends who know exact.
ly what they want him to do
and how to make him do iC
Lacking acquaintance with men
and affairs' he is unable to make -adequate
appointments to high
positions in government, but
merely names those selected by
his prompters. Many of these
are potentially disastrous to the
general citizenship. Among the
worst are the secretaries of
State, Agriculture, Labor and
Interior.
Dulles of State has been kept
poised by the Morgan, NAM and
cartel interests since the days
of Dewey, and represents no
body else.
McKay of Interior has been
cuddled for several years by
Columbia Ejasin Interagency
Commission, "which secured his
appointment. Chief spokesman
for the "commission" is Gov.
Langlie of Washington who says
that the Hell's Canyon dam
would be "another instance of
government stupidity." That's
what he and McKay and their
cohorts said about Bonneville
when it was being built When
first appointed McKay snorted
a great snort of defiance at all
promoters of public power, but
since meeting the Hell's Canyon
association he has calmed down
quite a bit and now talks about
a partnership between the gov
ernment and private interests,
meaning that the government
should build the dams and that
private companies should dis
tribute the power. He knows
that no state or group of states
could finance the building of
even one small dam, but he also
knows that private power com
panies are quite able to finance
political campaigns by adding
to the rates charged customers.
He has always been opposed to
all public ownershhip especial
ly power.
Benson of Agriculture is al
ready in trouble up to his ears,
and his resignation is predicted.
He is now galloping about the
country trying to square him
self, but his assurances sound
about as comforting as Herbert
Hoover's who told interviewers
that he had no plans for farm
ers, but felt that after about
half of them had starved out the
rest might be able to make a
living. Benson is now trying to
duck 350 irate stockmen who
are trying to corner him in
Washington. Maybe he should
summon General MacArthur as
Hoover did when beset by a
veterans' cavalcade on.Anacos
tia flats. MacArthur fixed bay
onets and did the job.
I still sympathize with Eisen
hower, valiantly fumbling but
handicapped by ignorance of
men and their perfidy. Maybe
he'll get wise before his term
expires, in which case he may
place the blame where it be
longs. A. M. CHURCH,
1400 N. Church.
(Continued from page one.) 1
particular commendation in his'
foreword. Subsequent editions
have given very able artists the
opportunity of trying their
skills on the Walton text
Walton called angling an art:
"Is it not an art to deceive a
trout with an artificial fly?" but
nc also nas ieen cauea me
best angler with a minnow in
England." He wrote his book .
during the troublous times of
Oliver Cromwell and the Puri
tan Protectorate. Walton was a
devout Anglican and a staunch
Royalist, No doubt he found
escape from the Cromwellian
austerity in fishing and in writ
ing about fishing, thereby set
ting a pattern for other trou
bled souls.
Besides being able to catch
fish Walton was observant of
their habits. -He tells how the
return of salmon can be shown
by marking a young salmon;
and he also complains of the
"greedy fishermen" who set
gins (nets) unlawfully "and so
destroy fish by thousands." In
Walton's opinion "God never
did make a more calm, quiet,
innocent recreation than angl
ing." And one of the gems of
his advice to anglers is this:
"All the further use that I
shall make of this shall be to
advise anglers to be patient,
and forbear swearing, lest they
be heard, and catch no fish."
Perhaps . the reason ""The
"Compleat Angler" has sur
vived so long is that armchair
fishermen can read the book
and get vicarious enjoyment by
reading of the "art" of fishing,
in which they - have never
achieved proficiency.
Better English
By D. C WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with liis
sentence? "In so far as I know,
he told the absolute truth."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "dictator"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Reservor, reside,
resonance, resistible.
4. What does the word "pro
pensity" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with mo that means " a fine
kind of leather?
ANSWERS
1. Omit "in" and "absolute."
2. Accent second syllable, pre
ferred. 3. Reservoir. 4. Natural
inclination. "She must guard
against certain, propensities
which might lead her into
trouble." 5. Morocco.
Nearly a half million passen
gers have flown on Military Air
Transport Service's Pacific air
lift between Japan and the East
Coast since the beginning of the
Korean conflict'
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Time Flies:
. From The
'Statesman Files
10 Years Ago
Nov. 2, 1943
Donald Lundberg was ap
pointed new assistant scout ex
ecutive of the Cascade Council,
Charles McElhinney, president
of the council announced- Lund
berg was assistant school prin
cipal at the Dallas Grade
schools.
Mrs. Alex DeSchweinitz (My
ra Belt) left for Fort Sill, Oklju,
to visit her husband Lieutenant.
DeSchweinitz. Judge and Mrs.
Harry H. Belt kept their four
months old son.
Monroe M. Sweetland, form
erly of Salem, resigned as Na
tional director of the CIO war
relief committee to accept an
American Red Cross.
overseas assignment with the
25 Years Ago
Nov. 2, 1928
Ralph E. Williams, republi
can national committeeman
from Oregon, in a telegram to
Phil Metschan, chairman of the
republican state central com
mittee, predicted that Hoover
and Curtis would be elected
with a large majority.
Mrs. Frank Lilburn an
nounced the opening of a mu
sical kindergarten in St Paul's
parish house. Assisting were
Mrs. Harry Scott, Miss Lois
Plummer and Lola Barnes. ,
One of the longest coaching
careers in the annals of the
gridiron came to a close when
Dr. E. J. Stewart, mentor of
the Texas College of Mines,
put away his cleated shoes
for the last time. He has been
in the profession for 30 years.
40 Years Ago
Nov. t, 1913
A comparison of the various
school systems of the country
made by the Russell Sage foun
dations, showed that Oregon
led all in percentage of school
attendance.
Representatives of the South
ern Pacific, Northern Pacific,
Spokane, Portland andv Seattle
railroads, protested to the State
Board of Equalization against
excessive valuations of rail
roads property by the State Tax
Commission.
Miss Irma Shumway, a gradu
ate of the Willamette Univer
sity college of music, was unit
ed in marriage to W. Bostick of
Sheridan. She was active in mu
sical circles here. .
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