4 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.:
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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?
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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.)
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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.
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