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4 4Sc 1) Statesman, Salem, Orw. Tues April 13, 1954 4 (JDreflontatesraan A'o Favor Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March it, 1851 CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Pub I lined every morning Business office 2W North Church St.. Salem. Ore Telephone 8-3441 Entered at the xwtofflce at Salem. Ore. as second class matter under act of Consress March 3. 1S79. Member Associated The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to ths use for repuoUeation of aU local news printed In thjs newspapei Kurusu and Nomura Saburu Kurusu was a dapper, affable little Japanese, with an engaging smile and a fair command of English. His blue suit was well creased and spotless, his black shoes shone flawlessly, and he radiated confidence, pros perity ana a thorough knowledge of world affairs. Reporters who interviewed him aboard an incoming American ship in San Francisco Bay a few weeks before Pearl Harbor were inclined to believe him when he expressed belief there were no insoluble difficulties in the way of U. S. -Japanese amity. The same view was presented a few days previously under similar circumstances by Japanese Ambassador Nomura, the opposite of Kurusu in sartorial excellence and trim ness of figure but also effectively disarming of manner. Between the two of them the slight, neat and precise Kurusu and the ro tund, rumpled, genial Nomura Japan was quite successful in allaying public suspicion of an imminent outbreak of hostilities, Ku rusu was a special envoy, and joined Nomura in Washington in subsequent negotiations presumably aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Far-Eastern controversy. Then came Pearl Harbor, the immediate internment of Kurusu and Nomura and the wave of resentment against their apparent cover-up activities preceding the sneak raid. Pres3 reports in piece-meal form credited both men with denying they had any knowl edge of their country's military plan. So far as Nomura was concerned, the disposition was to accept that as truth. Not so for the more erudite Kurusu. But he never would admit otherwise. Both he and Nomura were returned to Japan eventually, but neither ever rose again to high positions in govern ment. Kurusu died last week. The secret of what he knew that Sunday morning in Wash ington, D. C, Dec. 7, 1941, died with him. H-Bomb Standstill Prime Minister Nehru of India urges a "standstill'' on hydrogen bomb tests while the United Nations tries again to outlaw thermonuclear weapons. The UN disarma ment commission has begun sittings again and the Indian proposal will come before it for consideration. What remains obscure is how any standstill agreement would be policed. The USSR steadfastly refused to submit to inspection by international author ity, and the US naturally refused to freeze its work in atomic weapons without assur ance that other countries were doing the same. As for the morals of hydrogen or atom bombs the principle is the same whether these bombs are employed or the old block buster TNT bombs. All are lethal and all will kill civilians who are within the zone of annihilation. For that matter war itself is the chief sin. That is why prevention of war is the surest way of preventing use of A- or H-bombs. Secrecy for Its Own Sake Said Neurotic Obsession With America's Government By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON One of these reporters has just finished a tele phone conversation with an old a c quaintance, an able official in the middle ranks of the g o v e rnment. The conversa tion was about as follows. REPORTER: How about lunch Monday? OFFICIAL : iTvwsj make it. REPORTER: How about Thurs day or "Friday? OFFICIAL 'After embarrassed pause): Look. Frankly, I think I'd better not have lunch with you at all just now. REPORTER: (After another m b arrassed pause): Oh . . . is it one-six-two? O F FICIAL : One-six-two. REPORTER: Oh exchange may lrT3J seem of less than world-shaking significance. Then it may be worth reporting all the same, since it relates to a subject which is not without genuine na tional importance. This is the downright neurotic obsession with secrecy for its own sake in the American government The story goes back to last summer, when the Eisenhower administration embarked on a re-examination of the national situation. This new look went forward in the lurid light of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, tested in August. Finally, the conclusion was reached that the danger to the nation was now absolute, and it was therefore decided that the national security must have absolute priority over all other consideration. Tail decision was approved by the Natieaal Security Council, at K J. Press a meeting early last October, and officially embodied in a policy paper known as NSC-162. It seem ed to these reporters a positive doty to report this basic national decision, involving a bold facing op to realities. There was noth ing secret, after all, abent the SoTiet hydrogen bomb, or the danger to this country's survival of which it is a symbol. So the decision and its background were sympathetically described in this space. Immediately thereafter, all hell broke loose. Robert Cut ler, able secretary of the Nation al Security Council, was said to be tearing out large tufts of ill spared hair in his rage, and other members of the council were almost equally angry. Highly-placed friends passed on stern warnings and admonitions. Less highly-placed officials, known to be acquainted with these report ers, became the objects of beady eyed suspicion and harassment. Thus the perhaps excessive cau tion of the official quoted above is at least understandable. The uproar, it appeared, was caused by the heinous sin of pub lishing the number of the paper. The number seemed so unim portant at the time that these reporters cannot even remem ber where they heard it. Even now, its terrible significance re mains unexplained. One official, asked what information it would convey to a potential enemy, puzzled for a moment and re plied that "a Russian spy who got hold of the NSC files would know which paper to look for first." Even he had U admit, with a mile, that this danger teemed a trifle remote. In fact, the num ber of the paper can hardly havo been the whole cause of the p roar. Many officials lore secrets just because they are secrets this is the adult version of the childish, "I gotta see-crat ymm. don't know, so ha-ha." More ore r,: since the National Security Council became the center of power in the executive branch of the government, reducing the Cabinet to a shadow, anything to do with the NSC is supposed to be "see-erst" "What goes on Book Defending McCarthy For thk most 'part the press of America gives Joe McCarthy a bad time. While he does get front page; headlines he gets edi torial page castigation with almost equal regularity. He does have his supporters though, both among newswriters (chiefly columnists) and radio orators. And now there is a book published to back up the '"fight" waged by the junior senator from Wisconsin. It is "McCarthy arid His Enemies" by Wil liam F. Buckley Jr., and L. Brent Bozell (Henry Regnery Co. Chicago, $5). Buckley is the author of '"God and Man at Yale" which showed or tried to show how far Yale has gone on the road to perdition. His associate, Bozell, is his brother-in-law, a lawyer. Those who are interested in the "McCarthy side" may want to get this book. We haven't seen it yet, but the review by William S.' White of the New York Times staff in the Times Book Review is certainly far from flattering. He reports: "What is urged is not only that the end justifies the means, but that a moral end justifies im moral means."' His conclusion: So, in sum, what have we here? We have a bald, dedicated apologia for "McCarthy ism" made far more adroitly than Senator McCarthy himself could make it, that may well serve to clarify this issue. For the au thors, enemies of the enemies of Mr. Mc Carthy, may have, ironically, done the Sena tor a disservice. McCarthyism is now on the record for all to see. They have 'frozen'' McCarthyism on their pages, which is an event that the instinctively fast-moving Sena tor may one day regret. Those who want to read more on the "bad side" of McCarthy are referred to "McCarthy, the Man, the Senator, the Ism" by Jack An derson and Ronald W. May (Beacon Press, Boston); or the current issue of the old La Follette Magazine, "The Progressive." And those who have read all they want about Joe may skip the books; but even they will follow closely the upcoming com mittee hearing on McCarthy and Cohn and the Army. Travel Security We have noted no manifestations of alarm over the report of the Los Angeles newspa per staffers who brought in from Mexico ten dummy A-bombs and scattered them at strategic places without interception. They were "suit-case" bombs and only at the cus toms office at the border would there be any likelihood of baggage inspection that would reveal the "contraband.-' The public just takes in stride, this disclosure of what the LA paper evidently thought was proof of our insecurity. If the time has como when we have to stop everyone with a suitcase and have him disgorge its contents we have come to a sad state. The San Francisco Chronicle professed to find that the demonstration "induced more comfort than alarm." To quote: It showed that an American citizen may go about his country unshadowed and under no compulsion to display passports or travel permits. It showed that he may visit public works without penetrating barbed-wire bar riers. It showed that he may carry bits of pipe around without drawing machine-gun fire. Those are American rights and privileges, jealously guarded and long treasured and not to be lightly put aside. The heart-rending story of the man who had to choose between spying for the reds and leaving his two young sons behind the Iron Curtain has a happy ending after all. The reds are awesome gambling opponents and the stakes were high human lives and espionage but a man's love for his country and his sons apparently was the victor. in the NSC," on official has re marked testily, "is nobody's damn business." If this is true, then the Ameri can government is nobody's damn business, since the NSC is the American government as far as the great life-and-death issues are concerned. No one denies, of course, that there are gen uine government secrets, which should be closely held. In deed, in the old days, before Chairman Lewis Strauss intro duced his policy of censorship-by-indirection, it was comforting for a reporter to know that the A t o m i c Energy Commission would give him sensible guid ance in the atomic field these reporters have cheerfully sup pressed a number of columns at the AEC s request. But what is a genuine govern ment secret? Should it really be a secret that the leaders of the government, after long stady'of all the facts, have concluded that .the danger to national sur vival is so grave that national security must have an absolute priority? Are the broad, bask reasons for this decision genuine secrets? There are those who say that they; are that the American people would "get hysterical" if they knew the truth, and that such grim knowledge should be confined to "responsible offi cials." Those who believe this need: to be reminded that in our free society not" even august members of the NSC are real masters of the government. The real .masters are the American people, and therefore when the people are kept in ignorance dis aster is sure. For the rest, since It seems mysteriously to cause so mack trouble, these reporters publicly promise cross oar hearts and hope, to die never again to Identify an NSC paper by num ber. Bat we really cannot pro mise to pretend that the National Security Council, and the great , issues with which it concerns itself, do not exist iOfpyrliht, 1954. New York ' Herald Tribune, Inc.) DROUTH SDOTJOH (Continued from page one.) "an opinion about something I could express it in any way I wanted to without fear of re proof from someone higher up or criticism from the ranks. I was a free agent, something I never had been in the Communist Party." The taste of freedom captured Miss Hartle, and light began to dawn. Then she saw the inner weakness of the Communist or ganization, the injustices of its party discipline and the falseness of the party's claim to advance the interest of the working class. How she. a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of WSC, came to join and become active in the Com munist Party has its parallel with many others. It was during the depression (1933) and she saw the party as a vehicle try ing to solve the problems of the depression. Hundreds more Americans were drawn into the party in that period, for the same reasons. With the corning of better times many dropped out of any association with the party. Miss Hartle went on however to become a paid func tionary and organizer. In 1950 she was directed to go "under ground" so she became a wait ress in a city in Oregon until she was picked up on Smith act charges. Hansen took Miss Hartle to the FBI where she gave a report of her activities ""within the party, and of course was in position to tell intimate secrets of Com munism in the Northwest. She says she is "confident I have done the right thing." She has, though the time is late per haps too late for her to escape the penalty imposed by the court: five years in prison and a fine of $1000. Her renun ciation however serves as the testimony of experience which ought to teach others in danger of being caught in the Commun ist mesh, of its inherent evil. Mmmsmmsmmsmmmmmms GRIN AND BEAR IT J "I think wo ouaht to ocf a raise ... C vf rnns mfo in I the LAND of SOME ?AIN PRETTY S. 9 C Time Flies: 10 Years Ago April 13. 1S44 Russia agreed with the United States and Great Britain on the principle of military government, after the war, for Germany and such satellites as choose to fight to the end. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Pray of Portland and Salem are an nouncing the engagement of their daughter, Anne Brainerd Tyson, to Gordon Howard Tor rey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Torrey of Eugene. Both attended the University of Ore gon. Miss Dorothy Engel became Mrs. Charles F. Powers Jr., at a high mass at the Corpus Christi church in New York City. Mrs. Engel saw her husband's gradu ation from midshipman school at Columbia University where he received his ensign commission. 25 Years Ago April IS, 1929 Miss Velete Arnesene, blonde, was chosen Miss Salem in the Elsinor-State&man contest. The judges were Carl Gabrielson, Judge Brazier Small and Lyle Page. Marion Talley, 22-year-old op eratic singer, announced that she had decided to quit her ca reer and "move out on a farm, wear gingham aprons, and dig in the dirt." Corvallis' new "White Way" flashed on at the touch of a but ton by President Hoover in Washington, D.C. 40 Years Ago April 13, 1914 President Wilson ordered prac tically the entire Atlantic Fleet to Mexican waters to force a public salute to the Stars and Stripes from the Huerta govern ment after the arrest of Ameri can bluejackets at Tampico. Mrs. Emily Smith, widow f the late Hirain J. Smith, widely known pioneer capitalist and ag By Lichty sis or Yoffet Brooks mooeyf . v PROMISE From Th Statesman Files riculturalist, died at the family home. Mrs. Smith crossed the plains with her parents. She was 70 years old. The Salem Canoe Club organ ized in 1908 and incorporated in 1910 is conducting a vigorous campaign for new members. Of ficers are Henry Wiedmer, Ralph Sharf, Clair Vjbbert and Oliver Meyers. Better English By D. C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "It was him who told me of the unverified ru mor." l. wnat is tne correct pro nunciation of "clandestine ? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Ensemble, en vironment enterprize, compro mise. "What does the word "grand iose mean? 5. What is a word beginning with si that means "having a meaning ? ANSWERS 1. Say, "It was he who told me of the rumor." Omit "unveri fied," as all rumors are unveri fied. 2. Pronounce klan-des-tin, a as in an, e as set, i as in tin. accent second syllable. 3. Enter prise. 4. Impressive or elevat ing in effect "His manner was grandiose. 9. Significant CURRY KR0PP CATES 2 2416 INSURANCE 474 COURT STREET SAVE UP TO 20 ON FIRE INSURANCE Photo Fan Photo Fan this week is go ing to read like an adver tisement, but it's good news lor yon folk that want to try out new equipment with out plunking down the cash on a gamble that you'll like it after you get it. (Even on onr no carry charge' terms.) We've pot a whole bunch of staff on rental, and the rates are so low yon won t even feel them. Now you can rent a tape recorder, a movie camera, a press camera, a twin lens reflex, a 3D cam era, a 35mm reflex, a twin lens reflex, flash cameras. In eaninment. we have 8 and 16mm editors, flood lights,' tripods, movie and slide pro jectors, films, big screens and little screens. And the best part of all is that if you want to bay the unit yon are renting, or a new one like it, we'U knock the rental fee off the price. If yon think you'd like to take some of this along en your -vacation yon had better drop in and make a reservation plenty of time ahead so you'll be sore to have it Besides, with our rental equipment, just as with anything we sell any time, we want time enough to teach you how to use it so you'll get the fall bene fit from it Next week we're going to talk about a simple system for improving your pictures ll without spending a nickel oa equip ment ANDY FOSTER Andy Foster's CAMERAS3 V 174 N. Commercial Salem, Oregon , House Passes AngelPs Bill WASHINGTQN OB The House passed Monday and sent to the Senate a bill by Rep. Angell R Ore) to increase the authorization for the Columbia River basin pro ject by 16 million dollars. The purpose, Angell said, is to provide sufficient authorization so that construction of the big Dalles dam and reservoir, in Washington and Oregon, can stay on schedule. The bill would increase the Col umbia River project authorization from 150 to 166 million dollars. .. v . . .. x .. , . y ... ; - 1? J. 1: V: : - yC ' . ! J a I -' '7 Extra telephone) service for your house. Today, in any room you want, you can enjoy the added convenience of an extension telephone. Extensions make it easier for the whole family to place calls, receive calls. And this extra serv ice is yours for just pennies a day. We can offer extension telephones again because they require no additional outside wires, cable, or central office equipment just 'the telephone instruments. Available through your Pacific Telephone busi ness office, extensions are part of our plan to bring more useful serrice, dependable service, at .low cost to you. Pacific Telephone works to make your telephono) a bigger value every day. "Yes... I Condemned THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 'And you would, too," wrote t non Catholic recently, "if all the things I heard about it were true. "For years, I kept hearing that the Catholic Church w opposed to the Bible and tried to suppress it I was told that the Church had changed Christ's teaching aod prac ticed pompous pagan forms of worship. It was told to me that Catholics worship statues and im ages, and that the Catholic Church defied God's law and changed the Sabbath. "But now I have learned that these stories and many others about the Catholic Church are not true and never were." Every day, thousands of our non Catholic friends and neighbors are discovering, as this man did . . . that Catholic belief, worship and history arc widely misrepresented and mis understood. That is why we publish these ad vertisements . . . and invite you jto write for free explanatory pamph lets. We want you to know us as we are not as false rumors and slan ders represent us to be. We want you1 to know . . if only for your own information. . .what the Cath olic Church actually teaches, and what we Catholics actually believe. This enables you to get authen tic information about the Catholic Church to investigate ia the pri vacy of your own home Then... even though you may not agree with Catholic beliefs and practices ...you will at least understand SUPREME RELIGIOUS INFORMATION ; BUREAU 4422 lINDItl ilVO. J", Sponsored' by Knights of. Columbus 725 hippfrig Sft, Salem Oregon Bailey Admits Forging Bills EUGENE on -r Alfred Bailey, one of two brothers charged with forgery, said in district court Mon day ma i ne lorgea lumoer dujs of lading with the knowledge of his brother Richard. They said the Bailey Lumber Co., now bankrupt, then used the bills of lading to get loans from bankjk. Richard Bailey, president of the firm, was bound over to the grand jury after the district court hearing. Alfred previously had been bound over. them. Only then will you be able fairly and in good conscience to judge our Faith and what it is founded upon. But more than truth and fairness are involved. For if it is true ... as wc claim it is . . . that the Catholic Church is the Church established by Christ, it is vital to your salva tion that you investigate the gen uineness of this claim. That is why we publish these messages. That is why we are happy to send you . . . without cost of obligation . . . au thentic information about the Catholic religion on which to form your judgment Aa' interesting pamphlet to read ia the privacy of your home. It explaios Carbolic teaching on such saanent as divorce . mixed mar riajea gambling and dr initial why Catholics do aot attend. aoo-Catbotic worship and answers many of the false rumors you have heard about the Catholic Church. Ho cost no obliga tion. Writ today ask lor Pamphlet No. KC-15. I COUNCIL v ST- lOUIS-aj MISSOUtI 1 MSfl
