The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 21, 1954, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 CSoc I) Statesman, Salom, Orw Suiu MarcK, 21, 1954 SIRGIRG COMMERCIAL when someone thought to fill the well with water so he'd float to-the top and climb out.. And now we'd better save this squib for. use next year at this time. I A President Eisenhower is art wo-minute fc 0rejsontatcsmaa "No Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awe? From First Statesman, March 28, 1S51 CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisner inan. Discussing the question of waiting .for . Congress to declare war or. instant retalia tion in event of attack on the; U. S. or its allies he said the president would have to act "in two minutes" without awaiting1 for Congress. In brief, Korea over again. In these days of jet planes and H-bomba the execu tive can't-wait to get Congress out of bed to resist an attack or launch a counter-attack. We may aswell recognize this as a. fact and hope it never comes to pass, s Published very fnorainf Business office 280 -North Church St. Salem. Or.. Telephone 2-2141 Entered al the xxtoffict at Sateen 6rt: as second tar matter under c tt Centres. March 3. 1879 . Member Associated Press The Associated Press to entitled exclusively to the use for repuoMcaUon of ail local news printed in .this newspaper G-Gas for Retaliation It isn't even a great deal of comfort to us, and it must be a lot less comfort 'to Russia, to learn that the army arsenal in Colorado is manufacturing what reportedly isthe deadliest gas ever produced. Purpose of the manufacturer is unknown, of course, or rather, it is not known in what form or circumstances it would be used. That it is for defense or use in case of war is obvious. And there must be military minds in high places who deem it vital or it. wouldn't be made. But it may come as some what of a surprise to many who" have con sidered gas practically obsolete as a weapon of war. Gas was used to a considerable degree in World War I, and was regarded as quite ef fective despite the hazards attendant upon veering winds. But world opinion shuddered at its horror and except perhaps for a brief flurry in the Japenese war against China, there seemed to be little substantiation of charges that gas was used in World War II. When the A-bomb first sent the world into a veritably new age, there were many who likened the development to poison gas it was regarded as so horrible neither side would dare invoke its use in event of another war. But neither side dares ignore the exis tence of such weapons, either. It was not an idle whim which compelled both civilians and servicemen in the Pacific to carry, gas masks in many circumstances in World War II. And it can be assumed that besides the protective gas masks the United States also had plenty of poison gas for prompt retalia tion in event the enemy chose to invoke it. It is not surprising, therefore, that the United States is stockpiling potential wea pons it hopes will never be used. The only surprising part of it is that so much about the G-gas has been made public. Funny how troubles run in sequence. Few persons ever heard of the deadly poison spray TEPP;until a Hood River boy spilled some on . his pants and became desperately -UL Next , two children in Cortez, Cal., used some of .the liquid in making mud pies, became very illand one of them died enroute to the hos pital. A sad way of educating the people as to the; .menace of this powerful-poison.. Lock the siiiff up to keep it away from children. j Weare getting f ed jup on these reports of "documents missing" such as are put out by alarm-spreaders in Congress. Latest fiasco Is a report of top secret documents missing at the,Hanford project. The boss of the works rushed back to Washington to emphasize his denial of the report and now Chairman Cole of the atomic energy committee says that ' none is missing. These popoffs show . how jumpy people's nerves are now. i ; Two students: of Canby high school made study and report on Juvenile deliquency which concluded with pointing out the need for a I recreational center ' there. The punch tine was: "Other cities have done it; so can Canby." It can if it lives up to its name.: r "ADVERTISING V YOURPROWKT. TORHISOWN ' The Newberg Graphic runs a picture of a neat hew, one-story building built it says, entirely by volunteer labor. It's the hall of the Carpenters'; Union but who did the plumbing and wiring? ' ? t ( Time Flies: From Th Statesman FUts 10 Years Ago March 21, 1944 Casualties' of the U.S. armed forces since the outbreak of the war totaled 165,061, the office of war information reported. The Y.M.C.A purchased pro perty of Rollin K. Page, for ex pansion purposes. The debt-free Y.M.(XA. also recently received $15,000 from an anonymous do nor for development purposes. Torpedo plane pilot Ensign Clyde J. Lee, "of Sandy, com pleted a record - breaking-tour of duty in Pacific combat area. He is a member of a famous car rier's air squadron and took part in the blasting of RabauL 25 Years Ago March' 21, 1929 The Honorable M. L. Jones- of Brooks will be 80 years old soon and a large celebration is being planned by friends and family. Mr. Jones is an alumnus of Wil lamette University and the fath er of the celery industry of the Lake Labish section. Danny Wfflianis, outfielder of the Portland Club of the Pacific Coast league, was killed and five other members of the club were injured in an automobile acci dent near San Clemente, Calif. t Jack Dempsey. the big mys tery man of pugilism for the past year revealed that his fu ture in boxing will be coupled for; the next two years with the promotional ventures of Hum bert J. Fugazy. ! 40 Years Ago March 21, 1914 'Muy Simpatico, or literally "very sympathetic," is the name by which Col. Theadore Roose velt has become known in the regions of South America, where he; has traversed recently. , William Rinehart and Daryl Proctor, students and athletes of Salem High School, spent sever al ;days in Eugene visiting the Sigma Chi fraternity. John w. -Frohmader, pioneer of 1849, died at his farm home. He came to Oregon from Ger many and took up a donation Unsticking a Horse One thing always leads to another and this time a horse falling into a well reminds, us of a word of seasonal advice about how to gett car unstuck from a sandy beach. For reasons unexplainable but real, this time of year a lot of us take off for the coast for a few hours on any old excuse. And as usual a lot of us probably will drive on the beach end then fret because the tide's coming in and the family jalopy is having trouble get ting underway. It's a trade secret, known to any oldtimer who has been in these climes more than a year or two, that the simplest way to get a car unstuck from the sand is to let the air out of the tires. If you get in a jam, try it. You'll have to pump up the tires again, perhaps, un . less there's a service station right handy, but. that's better than seeing waves washing over the top. The horse? Oh yes, he got into this picture I A full-dress investigation is promised in the McCarthy-Army row. What the country hopes for is not the dress but to get down to bare facts. ' "x 1 . I- r : I: Editorial Comment I Since 1945 the American Cancer Society has spent nearly $30,000,000 in the battle against can cer. Meeting in San Francisco this week, the board; of directors of the society noted that a iiewx pattern of research is beginning to emerge; a trend; toward applying to the patient what has been discovered in the laboratory.!? : 1 i More funds are being made available to give f atients the benefits of knowledge that has been ound by basic research workers. For those suf fering from cancer, and for the great unknown portion of the population which, statistically, will in time fall prey to it, this shift from fundament al studies to clinical applications, is heartening. An example of it in the current news is 6,000,000 volt "cancer gun" for radiation treatment, now being completed at the Stanford School of Medi cine under the sponsorship, in part, of the Amer ican Cancer Society. J Although the disease kills 225,000 Americans a year, methods of treatment now being emphasized and financially supported by the society save about 73,000 lives a year. This is not victory, but it is progress in the cause which the directors of the society are meeting here to advocate. f i (San Francisco Chronicle.) Corner? V ----- ' jt If Democratic Strategists Nearing Success In Sabotaging Major Items on Ike Program By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON "The Re publicans," one experienced Democratic Senator has re- I X At 2 - i marea, are in N. 'I about as nasty C'T1 V a bind as I've seen since I've been here." The statement may seem extreme. whole legislative situation near-total chaos. to ' H r4 YetC good many unhappy Republic tni would privately agree that it is Stable. noi exaggerated IJVwcph Aq& out of all rea . lt V on, at least as regards the legislative situation in Congress. Consider the fol lowing facts: ITEM. President Eisenhower has heavily staked his prestige vu Auicauuung the Democratic attempt to in crease personal ITEM. The Eisenhower administration's- prestige is also: heavily involved in the Admin-; istration-sponsored farm pro-' gram, calling for flexible price -supports. On this issue the Dem- i ocrats are not quite as united as on taxes, but the vast ma jority will vote for rigid sup-i ports. They will, be joined by a large number of Republicans, led by Young and McCarthy, and a majority vote for rigid supports is regarded as inevi- sStrwart AIog income tax ex emptions. De spite the prior vote in the House, Senate sentiment on this issue is so clear that the Senate is likely to ' provide the decisive arena. And Republican leaders private ly admit that there is virtually no hope of beating the amend ment calling fd a $200 increase, sponsored in the Senate by the " respected, impeccably conserva- tive Sen. George of Georgia. Sens. Langer and Young of North Dakota, Bennett of Utah, and McCarthy of Wisconsin are mentioned as likely or possible Republican deserters on this issue. Sen. Morse of Oregon is expected to vote with the Dem ocrats. And the Democratic leadership conceded the loss of only one vote Byrd of Vir ginia. . : Thai the current betting, both tides of the aisle, is that a compromise increase will even taally emerge from the Senate House conference. The Presi dent could vet any increase in exemptions, of course, bat only at the cost of redociaf the weeks ago, as reported in this space, the legislative prospects for the President's program were excellent, thanks to the heavy political aspects of the President's 'l 0 n g - impressive drum-fire of major messages." What has happened in such a short time to make such a dif-x ference? In the first place, the Demo cratic strategy has been bril liant if somewhat cynical. The Democrats, united as rarely be fore, have succeeded in starting a straight party fight on the two most sensitive pocketbook Issues taxes and farm prices. Some Democrats certainly harbor pri vate douhts about the ; wisdom of rigid ,farnt rapports, and heavy tax reductions piled on aa unbalanced budget But they almost giggle ,with glee when they talk of the spot the Repub licans are in opposing-farm parity and tax redactions in an election year. ' Again, the President can veto. If he does, he will get flexible farm supports under the 1949 .Anderson Act, since-rigid sap ports have been regularly tacked on to this act Bat get ting flexible supports under an old Democratic act is hardly the same thing as getting the Ad ministration's own fannpp graas. 'A I ITEM. The Democrats meanKik. 'a v Sr. -j to keep the McCarthy-Army pot fff01- theJ?es?denr, hnilifi. tn roo.l. w Ariu n ooviousjy lei the hearings continuing for most of this session.! The coun try will thus be treated to the spectacle of Republicans . end lessly shouting; "liar" at each other, while the Democrats on the side lines adopt suitable at titudes of horror,- disapproval and pious dismay, f j own obviously let him dowm. The endless haeelin? over ie Bricker amendment started te process of decay. Republicahharges of "treason" helped achieve Jthe unprecedent ed unity .amonge Democrats. And then, of course, the Mc Carthy row changed the whole Early yesterday morning we heard a terrific commotion over by the hill. It was Miss Spring and Old Man Winter hav ing their annual argument. It went something like this: Winter . Alright, alright. Stop shoving. "4 I'm going. ; Spring Listen, Buster, You're gone. As of 7:54 last night I took over. So you can pack up your sleet and snow, slip into a pair of nice cold ice-skates and take off. ; ' Winter 4- Not so fast, Drippy. You come tippytoeing around here with those nasty little' showers, flowers and bowers and you're liable to get your equinox caught in a bliz Spring Don't try to blaster me, Bluster-Head. Your time is up. Yonr snw is melted. Your storming has a weak, hollow sonnd. Scram! V - Winter Alright, I'm going. Bat before I go, can't I have just ne more last little-bitty fling? Like, say, whomping np a late-season flood? i Spring Are you oat of what Is laughingly referred to as yonr mind? Have you got a snowball loose, someplace? Whomp p a late flood, indeed! Only over my dead daffodils will you dig such a crazy stunt as that. 5 Winter Well, don't get excited Breezy. I just thought ... Spring There you go thinking again. Don't you know by now, Blow-Hard, people are fed up with your line of weather? They're tired dodging the drafts, paying fuel bills and having the kid.s indoors all the time. They know Til bring them sunshine, gentle breezes, balmy ... Winter Balmy Is right And talk about being long-winded . . . Spring Stop arguing, Fog-Bound, and start making moddy tracks oat of here. Ai of now you're in the wrong equinox. And I wouldn't be surprised if yoa had yottr vernals twisted, too. Winter My what? Now listen, Zephyr-Head . . . Spring Everybody but you knows the year's at the spring. And we're all waiting for you to spring out of here. I have this trouble with you every year. If it keeps on you're Miabte to find a Congressional investigating, committee peek ing under your wind gauge. Winter Look who's squawking. You give me a bad time every, year, too, Springy. You're always getting here too early "with those confoundede nice days in February and pushing up the crocuses and all that other foolishness. If I , step bn your "toes, you're always barefooting it allover my tail. So wer're even. Spring Well, anyway, take off. We'll see you again next year. . Winter Okay, Sister. So long ... I still gotta good notion to- fling out one more good storm before I go . . . Spring You haven't got the gusts ...!... IrnTtrrrmTTODaiXgi , Jj (Continued from page L) . 17 Boys Sign For YM Gimp The opening day for registra tion at YMCA Camp Silver Creek concluded Saturday with 17 boys w xtmi j lined up for a summer vacation W Oman Ivlllea Seamsters Buy Nu-Way Cleaners The Nu-Way Cleaners, 396 S. Church St., formerly owned by C. F. Nordstrom,, is now property of Floyd and Gladys Seamster of Seamster's Cleaners, according to records filed with the Marion County clerk's office Saturday. No announcement of cost in the transaction was made. Seamster said that the cleaning plant at 225 N. High St will re main as will his interests in the pick-up station at Seamster's East side, 1725 Center St Seamster's Capital DeLuxe Cleaners, 649 Center St, is to be changed to a pick-up" station and the clean ing equipment moved to the Nu Way building, he said. at the camp located 20 miles east of Salem. Camp is divided into three KLAMATH FALLS W - Alice Parker Chocktoot, 48, Chfloquin, was injured fatally just before insist; that "all must be ration al, logical, functional," and make; use of all appropriate modern materials, methods and devices. This works all right says Bridge, for commercial and ; buildings - but tor ITEM. A sword of Damocles, in the shape of the George sub stitute for the 'Bricker amend ment, will hang over the Ad ministration's bead throughout this session. For parliamentary reasons, this amendment can be called np for consideration by a simple majority vote, although it still needs two-thirds to pass. On the last go-round, the amend ment missed the necessary two thirds by just one vote and Majority Leader William Knowl and himself deserted the Ad ministration en this issue. Let a few anti-Bricker Senators be siek or absent and the sword will fan. On this issue, too, the Administration's prestige is deeply committed. J And so it goes almost every where the Administration pro gram is bogged down or threat ened with defeat j Only five industrial churches and government build- political pattern as suddenly as ings design calls for art as well viuiu a aaiciuuacupe. iiic as uiuiij. e puiuu uuv wc u in a Carthy moved front and center. while the President who had been so dominating a figure in the first month of the session, moved half into the shadows. Finally, the President and bis staff most successfully seized the initiative in the first days, when the Eisenhower program was being presented ! to Con gresa, But it is not enough to seize the Initiative, and then let . it go. If the President is to get what he wants from a stubborn, always suspicious Congress, it is necessary to prod and posh and fight day after day, week after week, ; using I every available means1 of pressure and persua sion. This the President and those around him have conspic uously failed to da. . k (Copyright, IBM. New York . Herald Trihua. Inc.) Each his a message for our time. Perhaps it may be sum marized in the old saying "to be not the first by which the new is tried, nor yet the last to cast the old aside." Church architec ture of the past with its tradi tions is invested ih symbol ism which should not be dis carded for the radical just be cause it is an innovation. On the other hand to cling to dead forms simply because they are aged robs the design of the freshness and vitality wch it needs for the inspiration of those who view it The genius is the one who can embody in the materials of the builder a conception of dignity and grace which will long outlast the de signer and give joy to many gen erations, . ure of modern design in church architecture as follows: "Having stripped architecture of those traditional forms which, by long association, convey a meaning, stimulate an emotion, create : a mood, it resorts to. strange shapes, odd forms with oat beauty? flat surfaces with out the enrichment of art, and ingenious defices, sometimes admired for tfi novelty,' but constituting, in tail, an envir onment which deteiU its high, TT. . changeless purpose bfpUstract. lilt-Run Dmer Kills ' IS SmT thech. Portland Pedestrian "It forgets that here is to e PORTLAND m 1 The city's created an environment wher traffic death toll for the year the spirit of man takes refuge tood at 10 Saturday after the body from the chaos and turmoil of of Pbal E. Wilson, 50, was found life a place of. calm, quiet on asidewalk. ; beauty where the trivial is lost ' Police said he was bit by a car and the personality becomes whose driver did not report the iwit.wf.'ic imriiui. unn nna nnL . .1 ..... . , . r, , "r y . rnaay mionignt when a car week period lasting from July 4 skidded ut of control and over through Aug. 21. Registration at turned at Modoc Point me saiem imla is scneauiea to continue until the first day of camp except for those periods which are filled by early appli cants. : fronts Earn Awards Cub Scouts earned - several awards during the regular meet ing of St Joseph Pack 6 Friday night Terry Leek and Dennis Foster were presented wolf awards and Howard Clarke and Michael Page received wolf silver arrows. Recipients of bear awards were Ronald Stoner, Robert Thrush and Robert Foster. Bear gold ar rows went to Ronald Stoner, Rob ert Foster, Pat Kolb and Herbert Harris. Ronald Stoner and Pat Kolb also earned bear silver ar rows. Mike Kolb received a lion award, lion gold arrow and lion silver arrow. Peto- Schlotthauer received a lion silver arrow and Pat Kolb a or year pin. Bats with Moot wing spreads live in the Old World tropics and are popularly called flying foxes. NEEDHAMS it. 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