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4 (Sc 1) Statesman. Salem. Ore... Sun April 4, 1954 HOTFOOT! "No Favur Swuyt Us Ao f tar Si.all Awe1 From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 CHARLES A S FRAG UK. Editor md Publisher PuDlisneO every mrn:ii Business office 280 North Church St Salem. Ore Telephone 2-2441 Entered at the ostoffic at Salerr. Ore at second clask inatter under act of Congress March 3. 1879 Member Associated Press Tha Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the u for repuolicstton of all local news onnted in thus newspaper Burden of Slate Welfare The welfare load keeps inching up. The number of assistance crses rrccivin" aid in February was the hi"h"'t since Mrrh. lp"2. Total welfare exrendiwjrcs lor the rr.-"'h were over $2.5 million. In the srme mon'.h last year the outlay was $2.38 million. The number on old ??e e5 stance decreased slightly but with higher average payments the amount provided for old a"e assistance was increased slightly over the preceding month but a little less than for February, 1953. Gereral assistance is the item showne a substantial increase, the number of cases rising in the year from 8.024 to 8,936 and expenditures rose from $47?. 000 to $551,000. Aid to dependent, children amounted to $420,343 which was distributed to 3,421 fami lies. Oregon ranks high amons the states in the average aid provided in most of Lhe pro grams, among the first ten. However, the ratio of the number receiving assistance in Oregon to the total population is low com pared with other states. Costs except for general ass'stance are shared by the federal government, the state and counties. The GA burden is carried by the state and counties alone. Counties are looking ahead with some concern to welfare requirements for next year as they set about preparing budgets. How to provide funds for this and other budget items and stay within the 6 per cent limitation promises to furrow the brows of county budget committees. Advertising Gall One of the most brazen exhibitions of ad vertising gall was the page ad of Kent cig arettes which tried to show a virtual en dorsement of its filter cigarettes over jail, others, by the American Medical Associa tion. The AMA in an editorial in its Journal has given as severe at condemnation of an ad as we have seen in a long time. It merits reprinting "The unauthorized and medically unethi cal use of the prestige and reputation of the American Medical Association and the Journal in Kent cigarette advertisements currently appearing in the American press and other channels of mass communication constitutes an outrageous example of com mercial exploitation of the American medi cr! profession. The implication in these ad vertisements thzt the American Medical Acs' elation authorizes, supports, or approves any p-rticil?r brrnd of c'garettes or com b nrt on of claims made in their behalf- w'-rt'icr nvgmy-s:'cd or king-si'cd with or w .iiout filters, r'cotinized or denicotinized provides a most reprehensible instance of hiic''rtr;m." Eo'ih the manufrcturer and the advertis ing agency deserve this rebuke for this offer- a"?!n;t the AMA and against good taste in advertising. Many people get mixed up with the words "capital" and "capitOl." The former is used to designate the seat of government. Thus, Salem is the capital of Oregon, Washington the capital of the United States. The build ing housing the principal offices of govern ment is the capitol. The "capitol"' is at the "capital." Here we have another use of the word capitol in the designation of a street. It is Capitol street, north or south, not Capi tal. Printers, proofreaders, sign painters, letter writers should tpke particular pains to get the correct distinction between the two words. Lone Independent Senator Morse spoke at the Roosevelt din ner in Medford Saturday night. The Med ford Mail-Tribune reports that the lone member of the Independent party in the Senate was met at the airport by "JoseDh Carson. Portland, Democratic candidate for governor who will introduce the senator at tonight's event; Howard Morgan, Mon mouth, state Democratic chairman; Mrs. Al bert Straus, Jackson county democratic Cen tral committee vice-chairman, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly, prominent Jackson county Democrats." What is the old saying about "birds of a feather . . . ?" Newspaper heading: COMMITTEE SEEKS PARKING SOLUTIONS. That heading might have been in most any newspaper from Portland. Maine to Portland, Ore. How ever, it was in the Register-Guard at Eu gene whose voters rejected a bond issue for providing off-street parking a short time ago. They find they still have the problem of car parking to face. Premier Laniel of France fired Marshal Alphons'e-Pierre Juin from his posts as head of the war council and military adviser for insubordination. He had criticised the plan for a European defense arsny and failed to report to the premier when ordered to. The c?se is in many ways parallel to the firing of Gen. MacArthur as supreme commander in the Far East, with this exception, no re port comes of a great furore raised in behalf of Juin. Editorial Comment THE TAXPAYERS' FRIEND Dorman unquestionably is the taxpayers' friend. His sense of duty is strong. His critics often contend that his policies are not true economy; that he buys inferior goods to save pennies and loses money thereby. But when he hears such criticism Dorman either strikes back angrily or chuckles audibly, as he does about the soap deal. It seems that some of the tate offices wanted a certain nationally advertised brand of hand soap. Dorman found he could buy the same brand of soap under a different name and at a much lower price. When they failed to get soap with the nationally advertised name office em-. ployees set up a great howl although the two products were identical. We've known Harry Dorman for a good many years. Whether or not we agree with all of his policies, we admire his devotion to the job to which he is assigned and his pride in achieve ment: a pride that inspires him to public and amply documented defense, rather than the sullen defiance so frequently experienced in like situations, or yielding to expediency. Roseburg News-Review W J l--r:3g D a3v hjJy .aBMaiBBk It ) s? Dulles7 'United Action7 Speech Interpreted As Warning U. S. May Enter Indochina War By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON The news from Indochina only increases the importance of the comit- ment the Presi dent and Secre tary Dulles pub licly made to the French gov ernment last week. Although nei ther the Con gress nor the country seems to realize it, America now i Jwrpb Al stands publicly united military action to win the Indochina War, if this be comes necessary. "United ac tion" was the milder phrase mai secretary Dulles used in his Overseas Press Club speech. But his warning that this "united ac tion" might "in volve serious risks" showed plainly what he meant. This interpre- was in t u r n supported by the way the Presi dent handled the problem at his press conference. And this interpretation has been given by the State Department, in re ply to the anxious official in quiries made by the British and French. Why, first of all, did Secre tary Dulles feel forced to offer this enormously important and far - reaching commitment at this time? Some observers, in cluding these reporters, -have been warning that such a step would be necessary for many weeks. But until very recently, the State Department did not share this unpleasing view of the situation. . The answer U the riddle is. rather simple. Public mea rare ly da immensely disagreeable things uatil they have U. When General Navarre took eammand , ia Indochina, he produced the Navarre plan, which was "a plan for victory." Although the evidence was to the contrary, the State and Defease Depart ments kept hoping against hope that the Navarre plan might work after all That phase only ended when General Paul Ely came to Washington for his re cent talks with President Eisen hower and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Ely had just been to Indochina to inspect the situa tion on behalf of Defense chiefs of staff. He had come back via Paris, where he had talked with the leaders of his government. He brought the word to our government that there was no hope of victory in Indochina, at least with the means now at the disposal of the French com mand there. In these circum stances, he stated that French policy must be to secure a ne gotiated settlement at all costs. There is np fighting line tm Indochina as there was in Ko rea. The enemy is everywhere, and if the French withdraw, the Communist forces will en j o y absolute predominance. Thus any local "negotiated set tlement" must surely lead and lead rather rapidly to a final, total Communist victory in In dochina, with all its catastro phic consequences throughout Asia. The message of Gen. Ely was certainly highly unwelcome to an administration that had been hoping to luck through in Indo china, at least until the fall elections. But the facts now had to be faced. Those who deserve the very high credit for seeing that the facts were squarely faced are Secretary Dulles and the chair mam of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Arthur Radford. They were the team whose rock-like insistence on action to save In dochina finally wen the day in a difficult and agonizing debate among our policy' makers. They were firm. The President was with them. S the Dulles speech was made. The second question to be asked, therefore, is whether the Dulles speech inevitably means future American involvement in another Asian war. Obvious-. ly, it may mean just this, if the French cannot win with the means they now have, and will not carry oh the war without hope of victory. But it does not necessarily mean this. Here the key fact is some thing not as yet known to the public. At, Berlin, Secretary Dulles had several most signifi cant private and informal talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Dulles took the oppor tunity of these talks to give Molotov a most solemn warn ing on the subject of Indochina. In effect he said that war was the very last thing the United States wanted, but that, in the last analysis, he feared we should have to fight rather than see Indochina absorbed by the Communist empire. A possible, indeed a probable result of these warnings has already been seen in Peking. In a deeply meaningful speech made some weeks ago, Chen Yun, a member of the Chinese Politburo, hinted that it might be necessary to abandon the Indochina Communists to their fate, in order to keep the peace in Asia. In the light of this speech by Chen Yun, it seems possible that the great offen sive against Dien Bien Phu was ordered by the Indochinese Communists as a last, desperate effort to win the war before their friends betrayed them. If such a betrayel Is being considered by the Chinese and Russians, the Dulles speech will make the case for it much stronger. By the same token, the Dalles speech has cut the grounds from under the grow ing group of appease rs Is Paris. By his bold stroke, Dulles has completely altered the outlook for the coming conference at Geneva, which had been so des perately disheartening until he . spoke out If we are not too rigid on our side, there is an off-chanee that Geneva will pro duce an acceptable solution of the Indochina problem. If the Russians , and Chinese refuse after all to cease their support of the Communists in Indo china, a French surrender of Indochina will still be unlikely. But then the practical meaning of united action" will have to be spelled out (Copyright, 1954. New York Herald Tribune, lac) Time Flies rROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago April 4, 1944 The names of two men for president Wendell L. Willkie, Republican, New York City, and Fronklin D. Roosevelt, demo cat incumbent will appear on the Oregon ballot at the pri mary election on May 19. Alvin Crose and William E. Deeney were chosen by ballot, following a speech competition St Salem Toastmasters Club, to serve as the club's representa tives in a speech contest at Eu gene. Bay Meadows track at San Mateo, Calif., paid off its larg est daily double of the current racing season when holders of $2 tickets were awarded with $2,917.90. 25 Years Ago April 4, 1929 A social war in the capitol broke as Vice President Curtis laid before the state department a firm protest against its deci sion that his sister and official hostess, Mrs. Edward Gann, should rank below wives of -the foreign diplomats at official dinners. April showers turned to snow through Oregon and cities as far west as Bend reported heavy and thin coatings while fruit growers feared continuance of unseasonable temperature would mean thousands of dollars loss. The Nationalist government at Hankow, China, was victorious in its first serious clash with re bellion in the provinces. Wuhan armies collapsed. 40 Years Ago April 4. 1914 In order to develop the inter est of the German army in the Olympic games to be held in Berlin 1916, The Military week ly started the publication of a sporting supplement, and Em- March newsletter . . . clip and send, cut and burn, etc. . . . March opened with good weather but on a note of tra gedy . . . Auto accident near Scio claimed lives of four Melvin and Marvin Quinett. 27, twins, and their married sisters, Mrs. Ellen Shaffer and Mrs. Gcorgcne Wealand . . . Walter J. Wirth starts work as Salem's new city parks supt. . . . Spring Festival, with prizes and queens, opens in Salem . . . District 11-A basketball tourney boils' down to three teams Salem, Silverton and Stayton with Salem Hi com ing out on top . . . Some talk of running dog races at the State Fair this year instead of ponies so far, just talk . . . Charles W. Terry, Alabama, appointed director of Oregon Civil Service Commission to succeed Jim Clinton who resigned to set up ctvserv program in Philippines . . . Move starts for big Silverton Union Hi School district . . . Mother Nature show ed she is just a fickle gal after all and on March 10 piled up 5 inches of snow m the Santiam canyon and whipped the valley with snow, rain, hail, .wind and sunshine . . . Total of 684 Baptists attend annual meeting of Conservative Baptists Assoc. in Salem . . . S. Salem students pick "Saxons" as nickname for the new S. Salem Hi School and scarlet and Columbia blue as, school colors . . . Amanda Melissa Clark, Dallas, 100 years old. dies . . Mrs. Helen Brinkley, 19. Lebanon, is shot in head (she recovers) and t;p AWOL soldier acquaintance. Pvt. Arthur Zerkel of Waterloo is held ... Ed Randle enters Salem mayor race . . . Two of the country's largest variety store chains the W. T. Grant Co. and the J. J. Newberry Co., eye locations in Salem . . . Marion County selected to par ticipate in polio test vaccine shots . . . Salem Hi knocked out of State BB Tourney by Gresham in first-round tilt . . , New $2,000,000 Marion County courthouse almost ready for oc cupancy usual flurry stirred up over plans to move WWI doughboy statue a few feet to the north . . . One of Salem's planned TV stations drops out of picture leaving only KSLM-TV still in focus but not very clear- ... WU seniors win fourth straight Frosh Glee . . . Salem City Council studies suggestion that housewives be deputized as special traffic patrolmen (or women) particularly in traffic busy school areas ... A team of German business aad lay per sons visit Salem ... Six teen-agers plead guilty to looting cars In Silver Falls area CO lootings in several months with over $2,000 in cash and property involved . . . Salem Senators (baseball) to start spring training here April 5 . . . Clay F.gelstan, veteran coach at Parrish Jr. Hi., moves to N. Salem HI as athletic director succeeds Vera Gilmore. who climbs into job of director of health and physical education for entire city school system . . . Sharon McKimmey, Hazel Green, grand winner in an nual Statesman-KSLM mid-valley spelling contest . . . James Oberg. St. Paul 7th grader, was second, and Mary Ann Canirt, Turner seventh grader, won third place . . . Prison con plants a dummy in his cell, tries to escape, found next day inside the walls with no place to go . . . Oregon motorists will get blue and gold auto license plates next year . . . Big Shrock Motor Co. building on Court and Che meketa sold and to be turned into a general office bldg. CRIME DOESN'T PAY SALEM, Ind. (JP) Burglaries hardly seem worth while in Sa lem.. Nine business establish ments were broken into here in one day, with a total loss of $16 in change reported to police. Better Knslish By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "Has Bill put in his appearance as yet?" 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "column"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Savagery, satur nine, saurkraut, sanctimonious. 4. What does the word "vin dicate" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with de that means "a mislead ing of the mind"? Answers - - 1. Say "Has Bill appeared yet?" 2. Pronounce kol-irm, and not kol-yum. 3. Sauerkraut 4. To sustain; justify. "The boy vin dicated his father's judgment." 9. Delusion. The average U. S. motorist drives about 10,800 miles today compared to 6,600 miles in 1929. FOB RENT Typo writers Adding Machines Cash Raciaiars Calculators Miznooaraphs Desks & Chairs Chock Writers Filing Equipment Let us Explain Our Rental Purchase Plan Rates Always the Lowest ROEII Ph. 3-CT73 45C Court (Continued from Page One) fall of this, "heterogeneous group of radicals" who thought to put the conservative AFL out of business but wound up as "a small fraternity of itiner ant rebels and hoboes." As Ty ler writes: "Zealous, individualistic, and free from ordinary social con straints, Wobblies acted with humor or fanaticism, from ideal istic motives or from malice, but always with a raggedy dash." They inveighed against the "master class" at every oppor tunity. Sacrilegiously, they ap propriated the tunes of well known hymns for use with their verses of contempt, like this: "Onward Christian soldiers, rip and tear and smite! Let the gentle Jesus bless your dynamite." Clashes . with city police oc curred over the soap box speechmaking of the IWWs or their fomenting of strikes. In 1909-1910 Spokane had a rough time when IWWs poured into theity to protest an ordinance banning street meetings. Police arrested them by the scores, but failed to break their spirit, and finally Spokane turned them loose and lifted the ban on street speaking. One of the worst episodes stirred up by these "rebels of the woods" was in Everett in 1916 when shingle-weavers were on strike and the I WW sought to capitalize on the unrest. When a company of them ar rived they were beaten up and run out of town. Then the IWWs rallied their forces and boarded a boat for Everett. At the Everett dock they were greeted with gunshot. Five of their number and two of fne deputy sheriffs on the flocks were killed. Still remembered is the clash between marchers in an armis tice day parade at Centralia in 1919 and the IWW whose hall was raided. Several of the Le gionnaires were k'lled, anttiater one of the Wobblies was lynched. A number or the IWWs were indicted and tried for murder and convicted. With the passing of time tempers cooled and qualms of conscience over the convictions led to the re lease of the prisoners, the last one in 1939. This was the last flare-up of IWW activity in the Northwest. The new generation of radicals were more philo sophic, rarely direct actionists; and labor unions took care to steer clear of Socialism and Communism and confine their efforts to fighting for their own welfare instead of overturning society. The Safety Valve . WOULD OUTLAW ' COMMUNIST PARTY To the Editor: I sent in a letter to you about a week ago stating; my experi ences while in Communist Po land in 1946. I stated in the let ter about my bad "memories of Communism. About three days after this was 'published I re ceived some undesirable liter ature from some local Com munists. It brings to mind how close we are to Communism right here in Salem. I think that with the present world situation, with Communism threatening to smother the whole free world, that it is , about time to do something about these fanatics before it is too late. I will admit that this is a free country and that any one has the right to believe and think as they wish, but Com munism has gotten to the point where it is threatening our very existence. Is it going to take a war for us to realize that these people have no place in our society? Most of the Commun ists advocate the overthrow of our government and therefore should fall under the status of at" least undesirables. We have come to a point where hydro gen weapons can in a single blow cripple entire countries. Local Communists, small as they mav be now, could in the future do undescribable harm to this, country. 1 advocate the outlawing of the Communist party in this country, and the rounding ud of all known Com munists. Most of the Commun ists are smart enough to know what they are doing, and can see what Communism thrcitens to do to the free world. DONALD P. EVANS Wobblies rebelled against long since have moderated: the fetid bunkhouses in logging camps, the long trail 5 for the bindle stiffs. Another change is the end of the period of the local Vigilantes, the clerks and busi nessmen armed with staves, per haps deputized as peace offi cers, who herded the Wobblies out of town by beating theim up. The "rebels of the woods" were hell-rais4ng fools; but the way they w;ere suppressed in many Northwest cities makes a sorry chapter in local history. THIEF HAS DRY RUN OMAHA (JP) A thief stole a big carton of bottles from a truck making a delivery to a wholesale liquor concern here. They were display . bottles all bone dry. The conditions which the peror William presented a gold cup as first prize in a lawn ten nis tournament for officers of the army and navy. During the past year the to tal enrollment of all high schools in the state amounted to 14,821, according to statistics gathered by State Superintendent J. A. 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