5 - i V 4-JSac. l)-StaUittmi Salem, Ortw'Tuesw Jon. 28, 1354 i i DEEP SEATED! e& iDreflon2$tatf man "No Favor Sways vi, N$ F ear Shall Atoc" from Kirst SUtesmaai March 1. 1S31 i CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Published rry morning, Business effic 290 North Church. gt, Satan. Ore, Tatephona 3-3441 Entered at the -xotofflc at Balem. Ore. aa second elan matter under act at Cottar March 3. 178. Member Associated Press The Associated Press Is entitled eiclusively to the use i for republication of an Vocal news printed in this newspaper Angus .Gibson to I -Retire From Senate , Another veteran legislator will be missed when the Oregon Senate fconvenes next Jan uary. Angus Gibson, She! doughty Scotsman of Junction City, has announced his retire ment at the end -of his present term. Gibson was elected three times as joint senator for Lane and Linn Countjes.f , Don Husband, Eugene attorney and present Lane County representative, announces he will be a candidate fbf the Senate. He will hot be running for theGibson seat, since that was abolished in the reapportionment. How ever, Lane County was given two senatorial seats and he aspires t$ one of those. Truman Chase, present Lane County member of the Senate, is expected toj file for re-election. Gibson's retirement removes one of the strong men of the Senate, who worked very hard on the ways andfmejans committee. His thrifty instincts made him conservative in Ben Hur Lampman Illness had stayed the writing hand of Ben Hur Lampman the past several years and now death has ended his prolonged illness. But the writings of Ben Hur Lampman as sure him of the immortality which attends literature. Lampman was one who combin ed a very accurate knowledge of nature (in cluding human nature) with the feeling of a poet which gave his writings rare literary quality. His fictional characters, "the little old lady at the end of the carline," "him and her" and others were sketched so true to life that their pictures still hang on the walls or readers' memories. No one has replaced Ben Hur Lampman on the Oregonian or other of the state's publications. And no one will; for he was unique, j Those who follow the writing occupation he so greatly distinguish ed join with the great company of his ad miring readers to pay a tribute to him who in life was honored by designation as the Poet Laureate of Oregon. spending state money, appropriations. hough when convinced of need he has been teatiy to respond with i The complexion of the pext Senate will be "changed considerably, j Missing will be Walker (deceased), Patterson (now govern or) and Ben Day, Gibsonj Lamport who have declined to run again j j ' ' i T , - Hostages to Nationalist China The 14,000 repatriated Chinese prisoners of war -were warmly? welcomed when they reached Formosa on fransports provided by the USA. When they stepped off the boats they were free men again, for the terminal date of their detention Occurred while they were on shipboard, j h But what happens to them now? Presum ably they will rate as other Chinese refugees from the mainland wfio (escaped to Formosa. It seems probable most of them will join Chiang's army. Afte- all that will provide "them with rice, and probably jobs are scarce in Formosa now. ! The accession of 14,000 Chinese to For mosa who violently denounced Communist rule in China adds- o the U.S. burden in keeping Formosa ou of the hands of Red China. Having insisted; for months on the right of POW self-determination the U.S. can't very well expose: their defiant anti Communists to the untender mercies of Mao Tse-tung's corrective! squads .' By transport ing the Chinese to Formosa the U.S. gives fresh hostages to Nationalist China's security. If) KR! " fi5 k I f III Jl -ip ti I I H 1 taty Jtlardwa re in Men to Attend Convention An estimated 30 hardware dealers from the Salem, area will attend the three-day convention of the North Coast Retail Hard ware Association starting Portland Jan. 31. A past president of the asso ciation, Reynolds Allen of Jthe Allen Hardware in Salem, said about 450 stores in Oregon, Washington and Alaska !are members of the association. The convention is scheduled at jthe Multnomah HoteL The convention program Jvill include a merchandising exposi tion, panel discussions on jthe problems of merchandising a banquet and the installation of new officers, Allen said. All hardware dealers and employes will be welcome, he added. ? Dickenson Court Martial Some surprise was expressed over the filing of charges against Cpl. Edward S. Dick enson, late repatriate from the group of re- , cusant POWs in Korea. He is charged with dealing illegally with his captors in hope of getting better treatment. Another action has been started against a Marine Corps colonel who made broadcasts and signed confessions of participating in germ warfare in Korea. Filing of charges against these men should occasion no surprise. Charitable though we be because of their later repudiation of Com munist attachments, the fact remains that they did give "aid and comfort" to the enemy. To hail them as heroes would be a grave mis take, and to overlook their defaults would likewise be wrong.J Their explanations and their subsequent cpnduct may be admitted and considered "in mitigation of punishment" but the military cannot ignore their miscon duct, j i It should be remembered that thousands . m .ai : : t n . . . I 4 1 ! .. 1V 1 mat many were suDjeciea to pnysicai or men tal torture or were! subjected to indoctrina tion courses in Communism, yet they remain ed true and loyal soldiers and marines. If our government just shrugged its shoulders at Dickenson and others who yielded to Com munist torture or blandishment where would military discipline gof And where would loyalty go if it is to be worn or discarded at will by the man in military service of his country? The ends of justice may be served by some lightening of the penalty for what was. de sertion if not actual treason; but the court martial proceeding are quite in order. Audio-Visual Meeting To Hear Dr. Snyder i Dr. Walter E. Snyder, superin tendent of public schools, is sched uled to speak at a luncheon meet ing Friday at the winter confer ence of the Oregon Audio-Visual Association. The conference will be held at Oregon State College. On Saturday Albert Ziegler, headmaster of the Richmond School at Nelson, New Zealand, will explain audio-visual aid pro grams in his country. Senator Bricker refuses to make any deal with the administration 0r with other Repub lican senators on a compromise for his amend ment to alter the treaty-making process. He wants his version with the now famous "which" clause. Vey well; let's fight the battle down the line, j Senator Wiley of Wis consin is optimistic over the prospect of beat ing the Bricker amendment. That would be much better than framing some face-saving compromise. j So many cases Of wrongful conviction of persons accused of j crimes they did not com mit have been reported that one wonders just what is wrong with our system of jus tice. Latest is that of a 19-year-old youth in Seattle who has been doing -time at Monroe on conviction for the holdup of a bus-driver. After another chari confessed the crime Gov. Arthur Langlie promptly issued an uncondi tional pardon to the victim of miscarriage of justice. Usually the error is due to mistaken identity; but that is often compounded by excess zeal on the! part of police and prose cutors. Some of the periodic studies of crime and its prevention j and cure might well em brace a study of the cases where the wrong man was punished. Who says Salem doesn't produce big shots in the movie field? The Three key men in producing educational films for the State Bd. of Higher Education are Salem Hi grads rTL--"-? and their folks still live here '- unspoiled :by fame . . . ihe men are Dr. ij Curtis Keid, I head of the visual instruction dept., his photographer Bill Rush and Travis Cross, as sistant to the chancellor . . . jThese state- owned movie moguls have already taken footage of Jim McGilchrist directing a tour y I of the State Capitol here ... It this is a hit, tney couia go to tne top wnicn mignt mean the most exciting assignment in the state . . . Namely an on-the-scene movie of Salem's -1 grid war . . . (Continued from Page l.)i debtor to a creditor position helped to precipitate or to deepen and prolong the de pression. If the Randall, com mission report serves to head off a rash of tariff increases in this postwar period it will prove its worth. Willamina reported a total fire loss of $55 in 1953. It is loss records like that which en able insurance companies to stay in business. Administration's Messages to Congress Result of Prolonged, Painstaking Effort f I By JOSEPH and STEWART aid Morgan and Jack Martin, that formulated the decisions on ALSOP j I . Roger Jones, representing the foreign, defense and agricultural WASHINGTON President Ei- budget bureau, was added to the policy the really hot ones. In senhower has by no means finish- group from outside.. To this other cases, decisions were pro ed presenting his massive legis- group, all cabinet departments posed to him. During all this per- lation program to the Congress and agencies were ordered to lod. the White House was the tar- submit their legisiauve propos- get oi a tnousand conflicting als. By November 1, the White pressures, such as the pressure House Staff Committee had be- from the industrialists of the fore it some 276 different pro- Business Advisory Council, who jects requiring legislation. sponsored the famous and bitter- . . . . . , . ly controversial strike vote pro The character ad past history vision of the labor program, of these projects raried enor- j mously. With a whole new govern- By early December, the out ment department to e-rganise, lines of the whole legislative pro- Mrs, uveta cup uoddjt naa not gram naa been roughed out and made really final decisions on the health program. This one, in the iul was lirolr' ViirVMl u( stt tJePbiAi" tha White House. and the coun try. The econ omic report, a message o n housing and a message re c o m m ending amendments of the Atomic Energy Act are still to come. But the address on the State -of -the-Union, the budget, and the messages labor and farm problems. on on By contrast, the Treasury's tax many of the details had been co ordinated. It was time to think of the method of presentation. The original White House Staff Committee remained in general control under the President and Well, Rep. Mark Hatfield is ready for the senate, alright . . . He dropped a letter to the state board of control the pther day . . . And his signature, as befits all important persons, was prac tically illegible ... Statesman newsmen to a man were glad to see fellow reporter Jim Miller land the Big Story. . . But things were a little cool when a couple reporters confessed! Monday that relations are strained in their family circles . . j .Seems their kiddies j are asking questions like, "How come YOU don't write something and get YOUR name on the rsidio, Daddy?" Another; reporter said his wife wouldn't speak to him the rest of the evening when she found out Jim nabbed a $500 award for his effort . . . And Statesman fotog, John Ericksen, usually! a cool customer, got so excited Fridayf night taking pictures of all those pretty drum majorettes after their con test, he snapped off a coupla his flash bulbs prematurely . . . The local Forty et Eight, honor and fun organization of the American Legion, does its good deeds the hard way ... It was reported at a recent meeting that the organization! recently pur - chased ! a hearing aid for a child at the State School for the Blind land a pair of glasses for a' student at the State School for the Deaf . . . Turned out that's the way it was. tcx) . . . Well, at least no one can accuse Salem theatres of ig noring religion . . . First we had the prominen movie "Mar tin Luther." . . It is followed by "Sins of Jezfebel." ... We understand, though, that each approaches its lubject matter along different lines . . . Vigilance to protect Ihe public in terest plays quite a part in newspaper advertising depts. . . . A few weeks ago the Statesman received copy for an ad, with a check in payment, from an order-by-mail advertiser in a southeastern state . . . Something didn't sound quite right. . . . And investigation brought word that the Advertiser was "not properly mentally adjusted, and the suggestion that the Statesman "disregard the whole thing." . . It did,! return ed the check . . Some days, ad men say, you can't turn a nickel . J . . Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Yean Ago Jan. 26, 1944 Sir Richard Acland, leader of Britain's newest political party, the Commonwealth, formally gave to the nation his two big estates valued at $1,000,000. Wayne L Morse, public mem ber of the war labor board, cleared the way for his entrance into the Republican senatorial race in Oregon by resigning from both the WLB and the law school faculty at the University of Oregon. j Lucille Pierstorff, senior from Lewiston, Idaho, was named senior scholar in the Willamette mathematics department 1 25 t i ,,, j k,,tis ... i ciui in nv(iuu ura vmi jic- vjuvcruw Aoinu, out individuals , . , - . . E foPth, wav 1 f ""pared with unprecedented pains ,re now ehosento handle differ- GRIN AND BEAR IT Bv LlcIltV out of the way. J ,nd Under Secre- ent! sections of the message on WUi DIimui lUiy at i dnrumntji no less thn 51 workin8 parties. Cutler was responsible for de- I aeh of ecl composed of a treasury staff fense maters, C D. Jackson for th Jm I a nlain m'mDer' member of the staff foreign affairs, and Counsel iils, f of tte Congressional Tax Expert Shanley for most matters of dom- wilbur Stamm, and sometimes an estk policy. J fUl outside t expert. Each of these , ,t - j. .l working parties had studied an .T.SilM, nSi ' SUte itfnj h important plan for aimplifying or ff n ment alone raa i!fi! otherwise improvinj the cumber- words. When dejrered to, prove one Mme xmericaa tax structure. K comprised 5,000 words. Most of point, in range fom tbew atadiea. emerged the thef sabcrdiaate meuages, which and scope, in fial ht final tr were prepared somewhat later. I.Strwart AUpf Uid before the White House,' This the ki herenCeof pre- ... first trr. While Drnninr and r. r'iQ rh. Jl thousands ofmaa hours of work, r foiwardwder lvg 1 5lLl w gressional and witside experts. tk expUjati.. the pragraa. may be worth describing how to jthe cabinet and the congres- this record has been j achieved. r fint white Boase problem, tioaal leaders also hid to be pre-. A might be expected from kit VVU f 25? tfLJt past training, the President re- f? Vf La"JZ?Z? JZL lVJHJhliFT. tied o. his suff to do the dsy-to- k??1 ,a5tiam- 2? .f 2a " JEfi day work. By the beglaaiag af S5ftt.U5L ?JL? TlS! last October, whe. tawheelt to 7i wSVwL began to tura Eisenhower id The. the epxtmm f m- Kjg V sta,f U had tet ent the accessary CTalUtt' major guide-posts. With the di- ",JrJJ After that came the fruiu of rectioa af advance jrtU marked fSJJlrrliS " this work-the extra cabinet by the President, White Hoose f CoMadsto meetings, the three dar'concrca. m hrmsa Ad.rn.rn I dUXCllUUB ZITUK ISC WIG . .v. named a sort of staff committee J.": Silt White House, and finally the to lay oat the eampalga ia detafl. JJ9 flow of messages to the HilL And sfhmwr esgyttoe , -SeS cnami"el 1?1KL& 4.v,:.v girding itself for the even more Mouse counsel cernaru oiiamcy, - .ven wiui we ut auwiuun, lahoriona effort 1a driv h hhU LegisUtive Uaison Officer Hilton however, major, policy jlecisions jEeh S Whol iPersons. soeech - drafter Bryce remained to be taken. The nresi- ' j r, in ".v,, ,a,T l. ' " . - . s i tain tr llarlow, and staff members Ger- dent personally led the groups Mew York Herald Tribune. Xncj . : ii IS - - ' As a matter of fact the peo ple of the country have a much clearer understanding of the economics of foreign trade than before. Sentiment favorable to the loosening of barriers has spread. Even interests which are sensitive to foreign compe tition in their own fields admit the general desirability Of the lowering of tariffs to encourage the freer flow of trade, p The most important recom mendations of the Randall commission are: giving the Pre sident power to cut tariffs by 5 per cent each year fori; three years to a total of 15 per cent; encouraging the convertibility of foreign currencies: stimulat ing private investments over seas; discontinuing domestic policy of high and rigid price supports; ending economic aid to foreign countries; reducing or eliminating regulatory re strictions on foreign trade. One thing the report does; is to reveal the great complexity of the foreign trade problem. It is not just a matter of cut ting American tariffs. Our tar iffs have been cut over the years. Many other countries have worse trade restrictions than do we in the way of tariffs and quotas. The value of the Randall commission's report lies in the fact that it is a syllabus ion the nation's prime economic prob lems, the management lof fits foreign trade. Even the dis senters will find it hard to argue logically against its J thesis, which is that world trade should be encouraged, and that the United States should be ready to make concessions which give promise of stimulating that trade. The stair-step meth od proposed for tariff cuts is mild, and even then the present administration certainly f would exercise caution - in applying such reductions. ... j - We must just wait f awhile longer for the public and the politicians to inform themselves on the facts of economic life which the majority of the Ran dall .commission recognize and hone that the waitinsr' ia not so long that it precipitates a business recession. I Tariff Report Said 'Middle Of the Road' i I .By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Presii News Analyst The President's Fore! omic Policy Commission has pro- uucea aDout as near a middle of the road report as it could with out recommending "no change" or, flying in the face of world trends, higher tariffs. The recommended limits within which it suggests the adrflimstra tion be authorized to lower tar iffs fall considerably short of open ing up the whole field to negotia tion, as the European countries had hoped. Aside from continuing the re ciprocal trade system, there is no great positive emphasis on in creasing American imports as a strategic effort Ho help friendly nations. There is a recommendation, however, for dropping the "Buy American" clause in dealings with countries which are willing to go strictly even Stephen in trade pol icy. I The underlying principle that foreign countries shall get trade concessions only! to the extent to which they grant them remains untouched. . f The principle concessions to the freer trade advocated in the re port, which is intended to become, a guide for congressional action, are: j 1 That the president shall have power under certain circumstanc es to gradually (reduce, up to 15 per cent over three years, rates which have already been reduced the legal limit. i 2 That the President shall have the power, "whenever he finds the national interest requires it," to ignore present legal protections against any cuts which place do mestic industries in real danger. This is a vast! power. It probab ly accounts in large part for the mudiy favorable reaction of the British, who had hoped for con siderable concessions without hav ing to give up their own and some British commonwealth controls on imports. r It will also probably account for a great deal of opposition to the whole program (in Congress. What Europe was really trying to do was get) a new American trade policy which would have been a recognized grant-in-aid, let ting them earn dollars in the Unit ed States to partially offset reduc tions in the foreign aid program. "Trade Not Aid" was their mot to. S , ! They are supported by a good many American: business men who feel that America's transition from a debtor to a creditor nation over the past 40 years has completely changed the (conditions under which the protective tariff policy was built up. They are opposed by a host of interests which fear specific dam age and; the Commission ruled out one suggestion, that specific damage be covered by government subsidy. j They are alss opposed by iso lationists. ! On one thing there seemed to be liiue room i ion argument; that a ears Ago Jan. 26, 192S Although she gave away near ly $30,000,000 during the last six years of her life, Mrs. Anna M. Harkness, widow of one of the founders of the Standard Oil company, left a net estate of $103,232,408 when she died. Encouragemnet that Salem will yet have a radio station was given by K. B. Aldrich of the Capitol Broadcasting company. With the huge sign ''Cap itol" in blue, and the dome a miniature of that on the State Capitol, outlined in red, the largest neon sign in Oregon was mountain of conflicting tariff clas- .vi . . f ti:i.'. ..... . . a maze jn iruui oi ougu a ; smcauons ana customs arrange- itol theater. 40 Years Ago Jan. 26, 1914 At Stores, Utah,, heard for, miles, an avalanche swept down i the mountainside kilhng three persons and ground houses to splinters. The slide descended over a mile. John Webber, a resident 1 of North Salem, was run into by a team of horses at the Inter section oi Mate ana commercial streets. He received severe; head injuries. ments which hamper trade, over and above the general rates, needs to be revised. Almost every other point in the program promises its own major battle. i I Better Enirlish By D. C WILLIAMS T ftaifc fW nhmg hmchtm h aicsnorearactical tAoaa V tflOj M wo, treat nsflaO owy ssoty coo of least Oct , , , 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "He searched every place for his watch, and at long last found it." : 2. What is the correct jpro nunciation of "vegetable"? f . 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Chiffionere, chin chilla, chivalrous, chicanery; 4. What does the word im posture", mean? I 5. What is a word beginning with imp that means "threaten ing to occur soon"? j . Astswers - I L Say, "He searched every where for his watch, and 'fin ally found it" 2. Pronounce vej-e-tabl, four syllables, and not vej-ta-bT J. Chiffonier. 4. A fraud; deception. "His ! im posture was revealed at jthe trial." 5. Impending. - . I - 1 - A recent wind storm ripped several rods of roofing off the State Hospital main building and at the state farm a trestle of considerable length was over turned, j - State Constitution Committee to Meet I i The state constitution commit tee, created in 1953 to study the possibility of amending or rewrit ing the state! constitution, will meet in Salem Thursday to discuss provisions of the current constitu tion relating to the executive de partment, administrative depart ment, education, school lands and state printing. 1 'The committee is scheduled to report its j findings to the 1935 legislature; IBANK at your Coivenie 8!30Nj ice ALL TELLER SERVICES 1:30 TO 5:30 1 i At the Willamette Valley Baiik help ful staff members are on duty! you six days a week from 830 s.m. to 5 :30 p.m. Banking rooms open: 10 to Sidewalk Teller Window . 8:30 to 10; 3 to 5:30. j 3. Service: . Open your savings and chcktng t accounts now at Salam's Indopondont, -homVowntd bank. I - . 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