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a hundred lives from this causej in villages
in the Austrian Alps, and a year or two ago
avalanches caused great loss of life and de
struction of property in Switzerland. Nor has
I the Northwest been immune from! such dis
I aster. In 'I 1910, 108 lives were lost' when a
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CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ) the slopes of the Cascade Mts. between We-
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POLITICAL ANCIENT MARINERS
"No Favor Sway$ Us, Ho Fear ShaU Ave"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 f '
Published very moraine Basinet office 29
North Church St., Salem. Or, Tctepbon 2-2441
Cntcrcfl at th xwtof&co at Salem, Or, at second
data matter under act of Congress March 3, 1178.
Member Associated Press
The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use
(or republication of all local ; newt printed in
this newspaper
The One-Way Grid
It seems apparent to The Statesman, on the
basis of nearly 4000 votes cast in this news- j
paper's public opinion poll, that the city's one
way grid system witk imperative improve-
ments-is here to stay.
mat conclusion mosi cci miiujt is nu icucv- ;
tion on the majority vote which favored abo-
iition of the grid. Rather, it fakes into consid- j
eration two known factors and one interpreta- ;
tion.
v The known factors are: XI) the majority ;
was much less than might bave been antici- j
pated when it is considered that in informal I
polls the opponents on any such question usu- j
ally are more vocal, and (2) even many of
the opponents indicated that with certain ;
modifications and improvements they could ;
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see vaiue in ine mange.
The interpretation, based partially on the j
comments of voters themselves, is that there
is a great quiescent willingness to let the city ;
proceed to see what it can do to untangle what ;
admittedly was getting to be quite a traffic j
mess.
Therefore, this constitutes no disposition to ;
say that the city has a mandate to expand its;
one-way grid. Rather, the results of the poll;
should be regarded as a permissive challenge ;
for the city t6 keep on wdrking toward the;
over-all ends sought-safer, smoother traffic:
within Salem. And the one-way grid seems to
,be the best basis from whih to work.
The Statesman is quite sympathetic with
those who indicated the grid had caused them
personal inconvenience or j economic loss, is
confusing to infrequent visitors and perhaps
should have awaited completion of the by-J
pass highway. It is also aware that there is
merit in the argument that one-way streets,
in some instances, have become veritable
race-tracks. But aside from the unfortunate
personal frustrations, it is convinced that the
grid, properly improved and under proper po
lice surveillance, will prove of over-all value
arid service.
To critics of the poll itself, including The
Statesman's afternoon contemporary, this
newspaper has no apologies. It was designed
to ascertain public opinion, not to sway pub
lic opinion, and to the nearly 4000 readers
who responded this newspaper is grateful.
struction of the longest rail' tunnel in the
.world to escape a repetition of the calamity).
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How to provide a measure of protection
against avalanches is now the: concern of
scientists who are trying to learn the secrets
of these vast snowslides, what causes them,
how they form, and if possible how to' predict
and how to prevent them. The subject is dis
cussed in the current issue of j Scientific
American. In general there are two kinds of
avalanches: those with loose snoW, and those
with packed snow. The loose snow avalanche
is one we are more familiar with, on a small
scale. It starts from a point or a! narrow sec
tor and grows fanwise, spreading both in
width and depth. If the loose snow is dry it is
pulverized and forms a cloud of fine particles;
if wet it hugs the ground and moves more
slowly
An avalanche of packed snow "is released
suddenly as a great, cohesive slab of snow."
It may start on a wide front, and, when it does
it seems as if the whole mountainside was
slipping. It accelerates rapidly, and is rated
the most dangerous of all types, j
The common "triggers" setting off an ava
lanche are overloading and j temperature.
Others are shearing and vibration. U. S. ob
servers have listed ten factors which contrib
ute to the hazard of an avalanche, among
them depth of the old snow cover and char
acter of its surface, then the depth of a new
fall of snow, its type and moisture content,
rate of fall, wind action, temperature and
settling of the fall. j
There is no sure way of preventing snow
slides though some efforts are made as blast
ing snow cornices on a ridge whose break-off
after a build up might start a slab avalanche
on the slope below. Always risk! attends those
who live at the foot of snow-covered moun
tains and those who work or play on its
snowy slopes. As our fund of knowledge of
avalanches grows it may be possible to pro
vide a little more security for those who take
those risks; but there always will remain the
danger that snow fields which' appear pure
and innocent of ill intent may go on a ram
page sweeping houses and man's work's to
destruction and bringing death to many in
their path. J ;
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The snow which is hailed with delight by
children and winter sports enthusiasts is
dreaded by those responsible for keeping lines
of communication open: highways, railroads,
telephone lines, and supplying electric serv
ice. Even the light snowfall here over the
weekend brought plenty of troubles to main
tenance crews. No matter how well equipped
they may be to wrestle with snows a lot of
arduous labor is requiredj with time always
the essence for restoring of maintaining serv
ices. . f !
Here we have little fear of avalanches,
though recently we did read of the loss of over
President's Veto Power
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Those concerned with federal legislation :
must not overlook the veto power of the
President. For example, in the case of farm
legislation, if no new bill is passed the 1949
act setting up flexible price supports will be
come effective next year. If a bill is passed
which the President disapproves of he may
veto it, though Congress could pass it over
his veto by a two-thirds vote.
Likewise on tariff legislation. The recipro
cal trade, agreements authority expires this
year, which would revest in Congress exclu
sive power to modify tariff rates. However,
the President has the right to eto tariff bills
which he doesn't like.
Congress and the country must keep these
facts in mind. i
The House ways and means committee
voted to reduce the tax on dividends on a
graduated scale over the next few years. That
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Malenkov's Trips Around Russia May
Convince Him of Inadvisability of War
By TOM WHITNEY honest opinions on the state of lin blockade and the Korean ag-
AP Foreiga Staffer I affairs in the land from those who gression.
The report from diplomats that knew it first hand. Such was the The report on Malenkov's jour
Soviet Premier Georgi .Malenkov atmosphere of Oriental sycophan- neys in the U. S. S. R. came
has been making quiet journeys cy around the leaders that they from foreign diplomats well ac
about the U. S. S. R. is an en rarely had their own ideas con- quainted with Moscow. Specifical
couraging piece of news. . - tradicted. ly Malenkov is said to have visited
The more Malenkov sees of the Kiev, to have talked with, collec-
state of affairs outside Moscow In this situation the Stalin gov- tive fanners about their problems
the less inclined he will be to eminent could launch programs and to have visited an area near
launch the Soviet Union into for- inside and outside the country Leningrad devastated in a hurri-
eign military adventures, f based on mistakes preconceptions cane. i
Even a convinced Communist of Russia's capabilities. Malenkov is making such trips
Russian can not travel In Russia This had great dangers for the partly for political reasons. He
today without being impressed rest of the world as well as for wants Russians to feel that he
with the tremendous task the So- Russia. is interested in their problems and'
viet Union faces to create decent Stalin's government, had it had is going out to find about real
housing and living conditions and a more realistic picture of Russia conditions. But at the same time
a modicum of cultural and, com- itself, might never have taken the he perhaps feels the need him-
mercial facilities. serious risk ! of war involved in self to know more first hand about
There is nothing like travel in such postwar episodes as the Ber- these conditions, j
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Inside TV
Wyatt, Beal Save
Third-Rate Drama
By EVD STARK j
HOLLYWOOD CRITIC CORNER: "To Lovei and to Cher
ish," a half-hour drama starring Jane Wyatt. John Beal and John
Emery probably held viewer!, even though the story was somewhat
trite. Jane, as the wife, is trying to decide
whether she loves her artist -husband. John
Beal, or jjwealthy interloper John Emery. She
makes up; her mind and goes off; in a car with
Emery, leaving a goodbye note for the deserted
husband. '
A convenient blowout gives Hhe wife time
to reminisce, in a series of flashbacks and she
decides she has - made 'a horrible mistake. Re
turning to the house she tears up the note, not
realizing her husband, Beal, has already read it
Bat the forgiving husband doesn't let on that
he is aware of bis wife's antics, and the play has a happy Holly
wood ending. With a weaker cut. To Love and to Cherish" would
have been third rate fare, hut people like Wyatt and Beal have
always done a good Job of making material seem better than
it actually is. j
CAPSULE CRlTlQUi: "Ford Theatre" hos dished up
better are than "The Fupitfoes." Barry Sulliwjn as a crime
reporter must have felt ill at ease in a part far belou) the
level of his histrionic ability. Beautiful Anita Louise, a wel
come sight for viewers these days, was not used to best ad
vantage in the small role of the wife. Main theme of the play
concerned an escaped kitler, who, because of Sullivan's ef
forts, had foiled justice and apchanged the electric chair for
a life behind bars. To sodthe his conscience, Sullivan aids in
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
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10 Years Ago
Jan. 18, 1944
Democratic leaders presented
a resolution to President Roose
velt favoring a fourth! j term
nomination, but said they heard
only a non-committal "Oh" in
reply. (He later agreed)
Edgar L. Martin, 1912 1 gradu
ate of Willamette University
Law School, was appointed
Portland deputy city attorney.
Ralph M. Eyre, who f joined
the R. L. Elfstrom company in
1933, became part towneij pf the
business and assistant manager,
Elfstrom announced.
25 Years Ago
Jan. 18, 192S
Col, Charles A Lindbergh is
the world's champion bifdman
for 1928, in the opinion' Of the
International League of i Avia
tors which awarded him; the in
ternational trophy.
Avery Thompson andjenoit
Mccrosxey ot baiem are ion an
around-the-world trip, represent
ing the University of Oregon as
a debating team.
recapturing the escapee,
and a quieted conscience.
or tphich he receit'esja cash bonus
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weaknesses of the country.
One of the most dangerous fea
tures of Joseph Stalin's regime
was its extreme isolation from the
people and from Russian reality.
Stalin lived part of the time in
his apartment in the Kremlin sur
rounded by thick brick walls and
an army of security guards. When
he went j to work be walked a
block or so, still inside the; Krem
lin, to his office.
He sometimes lived at his coun
try place west of Moscow. His
trips back and forth were' made
by limousine escorted by car
loads of security guards which
ripped through Moscow's f streets
while police held up other traffic.
Aside from such journeys and
Stalin's equally heavily guarded
trips to his summer home at Sochi
: on the Black Sea, he almost never
came outside . the Kremlin or
other official premises.
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He never visited his provincial
officials to see then) and their
- problems and their people on the
;. spot :
As he grew older he saw fewer
! and fewer persons in nil office.
' More and more of his business
was conducted through his secre
tariat and over the telephone.
He forced his subordinates, in
cluding Malenkov, to ape his ways.
At their desks sometimes for 14
hours a day, these men bad little
spportunity to see or know Rus
sia. Nor were they likely to bear
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STARR DUST: Most catch Joan Bennett and Melinda Markey
(mother and daughter) when they team up for a General Electric
Theater vidpic, "Your'e Only Young Oncer in production Jan. 25.
With these two beauties en i the screen, we wonder which one gets
Richard Carlson, the male lead. Another G. E. telefilm we're look
ing forward to viewing Is one starring Miriam Hopkins and Faith
Domergue called, "Beauty! in the Desert," with Faith all set as
the beauty. Both telepix will be directed by Frank Wisbar . . .
Columnist Bill Willard tells us of Al Bernie's Las Vegas' Sands
routine: "You arrive here,"! quips Al "and everyone says, 'Howdy,
Stranger, 'Welcome, Stranger' in no time at all you- feel like a
stranger'.'' ... A "big name" quipped when George Jessel intro
duced him on his TV "Conie Back Story": "Come hack? where
have I been?" J j
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Fifteen-year-old Jinmv Boyd, who made a fortune peek
ing ("I Saw Mommy Kiising Santa Claus") has been touring
the country and is pet) bfminp; at the Casino Theatre in Mon
treal ... I still think Hollywood's tele-reducing expert Terry
Hunt is living off the a of the land' . . . Katharine Hepburn
gets our nomination fo the new "fUttie'f look the French
have decreed for us his neio look may nef?er moke 3-D!
. . . Terry Moore and Susan Zanuck, fresh from the Johnny
Grant entertainment junket in Korea, postcar from Hawaii:
"Having a hula-va timer ... We love the doggy version of
Eartha Kitt's "C'est Si Bpn""Save Zee Bone"!!
(Copyright lj54. General Features Corpi)
Literary (Guidepost
By W. G. Rogers i
CECILE, by ' Benjamin s Con
stant, edited and annotated
by Alfred Roulin, translated
from French by Norman Cam
eron (New Directions; $20)
Lost for a century and I half,
this short autobiographical no
vel recently found its way to
Boulin, Lausanne librarian, was
published in France, nowfmakes
its modest bow m EngnsI
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Students in agriculture at OSC
joined with others of the insti
tution in favoring the use of the
designation "Oregon Stite Col
lege" in preference to the title
Oregon Agriculture College, the
name the institution has ; long
been known.
40 Years Ago !
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Jan. IS, 1914 i j
A Japanese radish j twenty
eight and a half inches in cir
cumference and weighing six
teen and a quarter pounds was
brought to the Statesman office
by F. S. Blumhart, of (Mission
Bottom.
The home talent show j "The
Band from Amsterdani" spon
sored by the local Elks, played
to a filled house. Mrsj Carlton
Smith, Miss Ada Miller and
Miss Grace Lilley sang the lead-
probable that under the later doc
trine " of expanded powers the
original legislation would have
been called valid by the Supreme
Court
On this point let me quote from
the brief of out State Department
in opposing the Bricker amend
ment: fr
"One of the primary objects
of our constitution is to permit
the United States to speak as a
sovereign state with one voice in
foreign affairs. This proposal
would destroy this; It would cre
ate a no-man's land in foreign
affairs. It would require in cer
tain broad fields of foreign rela
tions not only a treaty consented
to by the Senate but an act of
Congress and legislation by each
of the 48 states. Our nation
would, thus, instead of speaking
with a single voice in foreign af
fairs, speak with 49."
It was to cure such a defect in
the Articles of Confederation that
the framers Of the constitution
vested authority to conduct for
eign relations in the executive
department, subject only to cer
tain qualifications which require
approval of the Senate. The
Bricker amendment would so re
verse the action of the constitu
tional convention as to threaten
demoralization of our manage
ment of foreign affairs.
President Eisenhower, who is
not one to arrogate power to the
executive department, spoke
plainly when the said with refer
ence to this amendment:
"I am unalterably opposed to
any amendment which would
change ourj traditional treaty
making power or which would
hamper the President in his con
stitutional authority to conduct
foreign affairs. Today probably
as never before in our history it
is essential that our country be
able effectively to enter into
agreements with other nations.
And John Foster Dulles, secre
tary of stated says that adoption
of the amendment would have
"a calamitous effect upon the
international i position and pros
pects of the United States."
These are more eminent and
more trustworthy authorities than
those backing the Bricker amend
ment, i
One of the' roots of the support
for the amendment is fear that
somehow something would be
slipped over on the Unied States
by United Nations. But U. N. can
only adopt resolutions. They
have no binding effect on nations
unless the nations concur. Any
U. N. treaty must first be agreed
to by the executive department
and then ratified by the Senate
If further legislation or approp
riations are required, both houses
of Congress 'must pass the bills
necessary.Finally, there is still
the Supreme Court which has
authority to j declare invalid any
treaty which conflicts with our
constitution.!
To sum up: The Bricker
amendment is a product of fear.
without substantial basis in fact
It would overturn the structure
of our government in an area of
increasing Vital importance, the
conduct off foreign affairs. The
constitution is now and will con
tinue to be Supreme over treaties
and laws. The amendment should,
be defeated
Many senators are looking for
some substitute for the Bricker
amendment or the limited Know
land text. Last week Senator Ke
fauver came up with a resolution,
not an amendment which puts
the Senate on record with respect
to the treaty-making power. It
recognizes the right of the gov
ernment td make treaties and
states that the Senate can attach
reservations when it ratifies a
treaty (as, lit does now when it
wants to);also, it spells out the
supremacy ! of the constitution
and the authority of the courts
to pass on the Validity of treaties
ing roles. Ed Ristine, Seymour
Skiff and! Albert Eagan took
leading parts.
Portland was added to the
itinerary pt steamers operated
by the Kpsmos line from this
coast tto Europe. The German
steamship's Karnak arrived in
the Columbia River.
under the constitution, "and rec
ognizes the right of Congress to
pass laws to alter the domestic
effects .of any treaty.
It seems to. me that this reso
lution is adequate, in full con
formity with the' constitution and
with history, fpreserving the
rights of the executive and legis
lative departments. Is it too
much to nope that the Senate
might agree oa this resolution
and thus dispose of one of the
most controversial issues in con
stitutional law which has con
fronted the' country in recent
years?
Knowland Still
Undecided on
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Atom Pronosal
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WASHINGTON U - Sen. Know-
land (R-Calif) predicted Sunday
that Congress will "closely scrut
inize President Eisenhower s pro
posal to share more information
about nuclear weapons with Allied
nations. S
The Senate Republican leader
told a reporter he would decide
his own position after learning the
specific changes; the administra
tion wants in the present Atomic
Energy Law.
Several other .members of the
Senate-House Atomic Energy Com
mittee said they do not oppose the
idea ot snaring; atomic informa
tion but they want to know the de
tails before committing"- them
selves.
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The President, in his State of the
Union message, urged Congress
to ease the present rigid restric
tions on giving atomic informa
tion to foreign powers.
Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY).
chairman of the atomic committee,
said he has prodded the adminis
tration for quicker action on speci
fic legislation to carry out the
President's idea.
Cole said he had told adminis
tration officials! that, unless they
send a bill to Congress next
week, he will introduce one of his
own in order to get committee
hearings underway as quickly as
possible.
Competent sources say the keep-them-posted
proposal lies at the
heart of Eisenhower's new. stra
tegy of building up nuclear strik
ing power so that ground forces
can be reduced
Pope Approves
3 Miracles
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VATICAN CITY un Three de
crees approving miracles for the
canonization of Pope Pius X, a
French priest and an Italian nun
were read Sunday in the presence
of Pope Pius XII.
The reading lot the decrees of
the Congregation of Rites was an-
other formal step in elevating
Pius X to sainthood.
Pius X, who; died in 1914. will
be elevated to sainthood May 29
in an outdoorj ceremony in St.
Peter's Square,
Decrees approving miracles also
were read this; morning for Fath
er Pierre Louis Maria Chanel,
first Catholic 'Martyr of Oceana
and Sister Maria Crodfissa di
Rosa. They will be canonized June
13. ?
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In a translation that suits the,
sentimental mood, a mood remi
.niscent of Goethe's -Wetther,"
this tells' the curious stary of
Constant's love for Cbarlotta
von Hardenberg. Cecile, ger fic
tional disguise, is married to an
older man when the romantic
Constant, the narrator, f comes
across her in the court of Brus
wick. Her husband has mis
tress, his wife has a lover, so
each is the answer to the Mother's
hurt and need. f
At a discreet distance) he is
her suitor. But even aftijr both
are divorced, the objections of
Cecile's family and his business
keep them apart, and he falls
into an affair! with Mme. de
Malbee, or Mme. de Stael in
fact and she falls into a second
marriage, in fact as well as in
fiction. From now on he loves
her he loves her not; Constant
the lover belies his name. He is
the prisoner of the tempestu
ous Mme. de Stael, but also he-is
happily entranced by the sweet
charming Cecile-Charlotta.
While with one, he swoons at
dreams o the bther.
Written in 1811, Roulin judg
'cs, this tells the romance, but
stops short of j the actual sorry
denouement for Charlotta and
Benjamin became a snapping,
bickering pair). . . the realistic
novelist today would begin
where Constant leaves off, the
hero would kick the heroine in
the teeth, and so on. The French
version, with j. its tears, sighs
and sweet caresses, is full of the
sophistication associated popu
larly and correctly with French
domestic custom.
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