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4 CSec 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore WecU April 21, 1954
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Competition Back on the Rails
Th railrofris which resisted competition
from trucks by fighting changes in laws or
regulations to permit bigger trucks to op
erate are shilting their attack to where it
really hurts: freight rates. In this area the
cutt.n- of rates is most marked in the case
of Dctrolcum products where flashes have
occurred to get the haul back on rails from
the highways. In other parts of the country
the railroads cut sharply the rates for trans
porting steel. This had formerly been a rail
' exclusive' but of late years much ot the
business had gone to "rubber." Freight rate
cuts have ranged from a few percentage
points to 40 'per tent, and apply to a long
list of goods "from aluminum to whiskey."
In spite of these rate cuts the volume of
business moving by rail has decreased and
earnings are away down. This is attributed
to the business recession which has been
frit in heavy industry: steel, ore, coal, motor
vehicles. As volume declines the competition
for business becomes keener. The trucks
will devise their own way of meeting the
rail rate cuts, or they will be forced out of
business.
Thus the horizontal rate increases of recent
years become perforated with specific rate
cuts as rival transportation agencies com
pete for business. This will edge down
freight costs which are a big factor in all
business operations. However, there is a
limit to rate cutting. It is not in the national
interest to starve our railroads or to freeze
out the truckers; and with wages and other
costs what they are, including taxes, the
slashes in rates can't become very extensive
for either rails or trucks.
Journalism lost one of its veteran and re
spec tea practitioners in the death of Richard
Burns Swenson at Monmouth. He was in the
newspaper business for nearly four decades,
most recently as publisher of the Monmouth
Herald, and at one time headed this state's
association of newspapermen. As chronicler
of Monmouth news for many years, Swenson
held a wide circle of friends in this area.
His work in the organizations in which he
was active until recently also will be missed.
In a long life span, he served well.
'Long Road' Through Indochina
When Vice President Nixon spoke to. the
editors last week he prefaced his remarks
by saying that he was neither a policy-making
official nor one to execute policy. ';. His
disclaimer, however, even when supplement
ed by identifying his view on intervention
in Indochina as personal, did not reduce his
comment to idle chatter. For no one has
questioned Nixo'n's hearing: and he sits with
the National Security Council where these
matter are under intimate discussion.
Fortunately no one pulled the trigger ahd
we are still uninvolved militarily in Indo
china. The editor of this paper in his per
sonal column has been raising, questions
which go to the heart of our policy vis-a-Vis
Indochina. We are interested, therefore, in
a similar line of questions which the Wall
Street Journal raises on this matter. After
noting the arguments which seem to impel
us to intervention in the event o French
Vietnam collapse, the Journal admonishes:
"For make no mistake about it, the rojad
through Indochina will be a long road for
the United States tlso." It goes on to say:
We will once more be fighting Communist
expansion in a place where we, the strength
of the western world, will be wasting our
selves while Russia, the strength of the Com
munist world, will be risking nothing. IB
frank cynicism, why should not the Russians
fight to the last Chinaman?
And we will be fighting there in greater
hazard than in Korea. Not only is the battle
field more remote; we will be fighting with
less support, and perhaps none, from our al
lies. Mr Nixon made his remark about U.S.
soldiers in Indo-China in response to a ques
tion about what would we do if the French
quit. He envisioned not a coalition war but a
wsr in which the U.S. fought alone.
Few will question our obligation to aid the
French and native Indo-Chinese forces; we
are already doing so. But what position will
we be in if the French won't fight and the
Indo-Chinese themselves won't fight in their
own land but we will try to do it all? Are
we to set ourselves up alone to save Asia from
the Asians?
These are not the only questions which do
not' easily go away. Can we embark single
handedly in a war in Indo-China and hope
again to stop short of the third world war?
We have already recognized and said what a
new outbreak in Korea would lead us to; can
we. with any hope, see a different end to a
total involvement in Indo-China?
These are grave questions which deserve
consideration along with the possible "fall
ing of dominoes" which President Eisenhow
er envisions if Indochina falls to the Reds.
All the more urgent then that means be
explored for averting both disasters. The
Geneva conference offers an opportunity,
but whethei our late moves will achieve
good results is by no means clear.
"Washington correspondent Robert Smith
writes that Secretary McKay is itching to
get into the senatorial scrap next fall, espe
cially if his bete noir, Wayne Morse cam
paigns for Dick Neuberger. We may expect
plenty of fur to fly as the above three are
redoubtable campaigners. Senator Cordon,
up for reelection, has never done much cam
paigning: and if McKay, Morse and Neuber
ger get to trading punches Cordon may be
come the forgotten man of the campaign.
The whole non-Communist world will ap
plaud the release of Mrs. Vladimir Petrov
from the hands of the Russian strongarms
who were dragging her out of Australia
against her will. Her love for her husband
who claimed asylum there after service in
the Soviet embassy proved stronger than
her love for Russia. When she put on a
display of resistance to forcible evacuation
Australian police interfered and respected
her voluntary choice to remain in Australia
with her husband. Now we shall see what
revelations the Petrovs make as to the Com
munist espionage activities "down under."
This is one business reversal which the
financial community refuses to take stock
in. For instance the president of the J. C.
Penney Co. told stockholders the company
would undertake the largest new store ex
pansion program in more than 20 years,
opening retail outlets in 30 communities not
previously served by Penney stores. Thus
it proves its faith by its works.
In his Easter message Pope Pius appealed
for a prohibition on use of atomic weapons.
Soviet Russia has been calling for the out
lawing of A-bombs. According to the Mc
Carthy type of reasoning this would make
the Pope a Communist or at least a fellow
traveler. The Pope did make an exception
where such bombs are used in self-defense;
and the people who are the ones exposed
to risk hope they will never be used for
any military purpose.
In the Northwest at least the flying sauc
ers have shrunk to pellet size.
Administration Leaders Confuse Rather
Than Clarify U. S. Course on Indochina
intention of getting -out of Indo
china. They will not even promise,
for the purpose of getting greater
cooperation from the Indochinese
people, to let the three states leave
the French Union, if they wish af
ter the war.
The basic question, then, is
whether the French and native
forces can themselves maintain a
successful military defense of
Southeast Asia in Indochina with
the aid of American munitions
alone. Only when the answer to
that question is apparent can other
nations really decide what they are
called upon to do.
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
AP News Analyst
Repeated statements by admin
istration leaders have served to
confuse rather than clarify Amer
ica's intended course with regard
to Indochina.
This is always true when im
portant matters are approached on
the basis of hypothetical questions.
Will the French get beaten? Will
they pull out? How far do we go
A they do?" Can the war be won
except by direct co-operation be
tween the United States and in
dependent Indochinese states in
stead of with the French? Can it
be won at all when so many of
the people most directly affected
don't seem to care'
Secretary Wilson says it is prop
er to reduce the number of Amer
ican troops in Korea where there
is no active war now although it
remains a danger point, because
if war is renewed there it will be
fought in a new manner, not slug
ged out man to man.
At the same time he refers to
20 South Korean divisions avail
able. Does that mean that new
weapons will be so heavily relied
upon that Koreans would be ex
pected to do most of the job? If
so. does that apply to Indochina?
The number of hypothetical ques
tions seems to be largely respon
sible for the confusion of state
ments by government officials re
garding the possibility of sending
American troops to Indochina.
Word usages play their part. The
United States "may" have to do
something like that, but doesn't
"plan" it. But Southeast Asia, they
say, is so important that it cannot
and will not . be permitted to fall
into Communist hands.
That puts all of the arguments
on the basis of what day, time
and circumstances the individual
is talking about.
If defense of Southeast Asia is
so important, then the day could
come when every American re
source, including manpower, would
have to be tapped .
Current diplomatic negotiations
are designed to prevent the arriv
al of such a time. The objective is
to convince Red China that she
can't afford to make a break, and
that if she does she would be sub
ject not so much to American re
action on the ground, but to the
"massive retaliation" about which
there has been so much talk. That,
too. is suggested in Wilson's words
about not slugging it out man for
man.
The truth of the matter is that
the French, regardless of their ea
gerness for a cease fire, have no
Your Health
By
Dr. Herman N. Bundesea,
M.D.
New Hormone Offers Relief
One of the dreaded diseases of
childhood is nephrosis. This kid
ney affliction causes swelling of
the body and brings great dis
comfort Nephrosis usually begins with
swelling over the eyes. The
child's weight may be doubled by
the excess fluid. When the skin
is pressed, there is an indentation
mark for a few seconds due to
the water-logging of the tissues.
Little urine is passed by these
children and with what little is
given off, there is a great loss of
the protein substances that are
so necessary to the body. This
protein loss allows the serum to
escape from the blood vessels
into the tissues and thereby caus
es the swelling. j
Most often this disease starts
with an infection of the throat
and is believed to be due to some
form of allergy which affects the
kidney. However, in a ecrtain
number of cases, no cause can be
found. The disease may last for
months and even years.
In the treatlmnt under the
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"Grandmother, grandfather, urtclts, aunts, parents! . . . broc yowrseff.
Cus . . . htre comes onviher 'f irst haircut.' . . ."
physician's direction, most of
these cases are put to bed in a
hospital and watched very care
fully. Often, the antibiotics are
helpful in treating this disease.
The children affected art put on
a diet low in salt or sodium and
high in proteins.
Recently, the new hormone
ACTH was used on a group of
these children. It was found that
this treatment, although: not al
together curative, did relieve the
symptoms. The swelling was com-
i pletely eliminated in sixty-eight
per cent of a group of forty-five
children having nephrosis.; It be
gan (o disappear after the eighth
to twelfth day of the treatment
All the symptoms, both subjec
tive and objective, finally; clear
ed up with this treatment, and it
is now being used in many cases
of nephrosis. ?, I
QUESTION AND ANSWER
F. S.: My son recently -cut him
self. He now has an extremely
large scar, what the doctor calls
a keloid. What can help this?
Answer: Usually a keloid can
be helped by local radium or
X-ray treatments. 1 j
(Copyright. 1954. Kln Features)
Oh, those crazy, mixed-up tree namers! . . . We men
tioned here recently how the U. S. Forest Service or some
body high up the trunk in the tree-classification profram
renameu.the well-known Douglas-fir (Pseu-
dotsuga taxifolia) to Menzies-fir (Pseudot-
suga menziesii) . . . Well, fir, this termite
move literally tied up Northwest foresters
in knots of rage. . . . Why, they cried, after
all these years change the name of Douglas
fir? David Douglas, they say, popularized
the tree, even tho Archibald Menzies, an
other Scot botanist, actually discovered it.
And inasmuch as Douglas-fir has been
officially named Oregon's stale tree this
means the state has a name without a tree. . . . Now, it
seems, comes word that California also has its troubles
with the famous Sequoia Gigantea. ... In 1927 the US
Forest Service check list called the Sequoia washingtoniana.
Later, In 1930, it changed it to Sequoia 'wellingtonia.' The
cries of rage from California foresters resounded through
the smog. And botanists there took a poll and everybody
said they preferred "gigantea," so now the check list again
carries it as "gigantea." Why can't the same privilege be
granted the Douglas-fir?
Another item which has fairly curdled the sap of Ore
gon foresters was the shady manner in which the forest
service permitted the change of the name of Abies nobilis
(noble fir to local laymen) to Abies procera. Thus, cry the
foresters, the noble fir the straightest stemmed tree of the
forests had no protectors and forever lost its appropriate
name. . . . Anyway the forest industry and others stand with
limbs unbowed and roots untapped in the matter of Douglas
vs Menzies. In Portland recently a school was named David
Douglas School. . . . On the other hand all this fir-needling
of the botanists might eventually cause even more trouble
for the historical name protectors because the Douglas
fir isn't really a fir at all. ...
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What's all this about ashes from heaven showering
down on autos in various localities? Anybody who parks
along Ferry street in Salem has often found his car covered
with tiny particles of soot only we always thought it all
came from downtown building chimneys. If we had known
this stuff really comes from Mars we'd have gotten off a
hot letter to Eisenhower. . . . '
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If you sign your name with a fancy, practically illegible
flourish you might consider the case of poor George Dilts,
Salem coffee firm distributor. George attended the local
ChamrJer of Commerce noon luncheon the other day. And
when it came time to draw for the prize always given away
at the meetings nobody at the head table could make out
the signature. Finally after the scrawl was examined by
no less than a supreme court justice, a university president
and vice-president, the head of the state board of higher
education and Bill Hammond. C of C prexy, it was decided
that the name might be "Dillon." This, of course, led to
the discovery that it was none other than George Dilts
who very nearly lost a two-pound box of candy. Candy
isn't so bad to lose but what if the prize had been some
thing really valuable, like coffee?
Time Flies:
From The
Statesman Files
, 10 Years Ago
April 21, 1944
Gov. Earl Warren of Califor
nia was selected as temporary
chairman for the Republican
Presidential Nominating Con
vention in Chicago.
Eighty-five years after state
hood was granted Oregon, its
state flag is to take its place in
Independence Hall, Philadel
phia, along with the flags of 44
other states.
Marine Major Marion E. Carl
of Hubbard was awarded the air
medal' for his achievements in
the Solomon Islands.
25 Years Ago
April 21. 1929
The new Fairmount Hill home
being erected for Mr. and Mrs.
O. F. Johnson will be ready for
occupancy in September. (The
home is now owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Eifstrom.)
Anglo-American friendship is
generally deemed to have made
a giant stride forward as a re
sult of American offers for the
settlement of world naval prob
lems. Mrs. Mildred R, Brooks, coun
ty recorder, received word that
her son, Russell M. Brooks of
Belfast, Ireland, is leaving Vhere
May 1 for the United States and
would be in Salem June 1.
40 Years Ago
April 21, 1914
When Capt Max Gelhar of
the Salem National Guard asked
the members of Company M,
whether they were willing to go
to the scene of action in Mex
ico, every man in uniform rose
to his feet.
Holding that there is no great
er problem before the American
people than that of highway
construction. Gov. Oswald West
proclaimed April 25 Good Roads
Day.
The selection of Mrs. Mary
Inge as mistress of the Ather
stone Hunt caused a sensation
in fox hunting circles in Lon
dan and the old hard-riding fox
hunters claimed no woman
could keep the hunt in proper
control.
Better English
By D. C WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "The lady, when ask
cupsful of coffee."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "pantomime"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Accumulation,
accompaniment, accession, ac
comodation. 4. What does the word "poig
nant" mean? V
5. What is word beginning
with fru that means frealiza-
Answers
1. Say, "I have drunk three
cupfulls of coffee" 2. Last syl
lable is pronounced mime, not
mine. 3. Accommodation. 4.
Keen; piercingly effective. (Pro
nounce poin-yant). "The tragie
actress played her scene with
poignant effect." i. Latent
The Safety
Valve
Search for Pilot Fails
Appreciates Academy Choir
To the Editor: We had the
pleasure of hearing your forty
voice choir from the Salem
Christian Academy, under the
fine leadership of John Eby. j
They are really outstanding.
As remarkable as their music
was, this wasn't the only thing
which impressed all who lis
tened to them. It was the spirit
which you felt and knew was
behind all they did. THfe fellow
ship, love and respect they had
for each other and their leaders. 1
The quietness of 40 boys and
girls, and bear in mind they are
between the ages of 14 through
18, while their president, Mr.
Turnidge spoke.
Although they came all the
way from Salem via bus, had
charge of three different serv
ices after singing until almost
10 p.m. when we left Ashland
we heard them in the bus sing
ing "In My Heart There Rings
a Melody."
. What a wonderful tribute to
BS3JJQE3
TOLEDO, Ore. (Jv An extensive
ground search in the Devil's Well
area east of here Tuesday failed
to turn up a trace of a ' missing
Bakersfield, Calif., pilot.
He is R. W. Hall, 54. who dis
appeared on a flight here April 12.
The ground search was organ
ized after a number of persons
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few intellects which are able to
penetrate into the "unknown."
After that penetration is made
there arc many who are able to
exploit the "break-through" and
carry on from there. Dr. Oppen
heimer is one of the very few.
Such men develop such a high
degree of mental concentration
and become so absorbed in their
special fields of research that
they remain blissfully ignorant
of mundane affairs. Thus, said
my friend. Dr. Einstein is a
"soft touch" for every cause
which comes along that sounds
plausible, and he contributes or
lends his name to a wide range
of activities many of which are
of leftist character. (This may
be something of an occupational
disease, for Dr. Linus Pauling
of Cal Tech has been similarly
gullible).
As far as Dr. Oppenheimer is
concerned, he lived the life of a
science recluse, but broke the
shell in the 1930s when Hitler
was purging the Reich of Jews.
Oppenheimer had plenty of as
sociations with Communists,
which he has freely admitted,
but has held stedfastly to his
declaration that he was never a
Communist.
After the bombing of Hiro
shima and Nagasaki the scien
tists were disturbed over the
lethal powers they had releas
ed, and when the H-bomb was
up for consideration many of
them argued against it, believ
ing the A-bomb was sufficiently
destructive. Even scientists have
a sense of moral values.
What is of prime concern Is
not only the loyalty of Dr. Op
penheimer, which it seems to
me has been pretty well proven
through his service to his coun
try, but the need to conserve
"brains" such as his. in the
country's service. Perhaps out
of an excess of caution the au
thorities while clearing Oppen
heimer from Communist affilia
tion or disloyalty may conclude
just to drop him from connec
tion with the" country's nuclear
research. The effect would be
to ostracize him from others of
his level and handicap him in
his own research labors. Prog
ress in this field comes not by
the invention of a single indi
vidual but by the interchange
of ideas of many individuals.
In erecting the "blank wall
between Dr. Oppenheimer and
the government's store of atom
ic secrets we need to realize
that the wall works two ways:
it bars the government from ac
cess to the brains of Oppenhei
mer. Unless the evidence of dis
loyalty on his part is clear and
conclusive he ought to be re
stored to service for his coun
try. Otherwise in our zeal for
security we may obtain sterility.
GE Expansion to
Cost S175 Million
SCHENECTADY. N. Y, ir The
General Electric Co. will spend a
record 175 million this year for
plant expansion and equipment.
President Ralph Cordiner said
Tuesday. '
He told 3.000 stockholders at the
company's annual meeting that
GE's planned outlay was 24 per
cent higher than the 141 million
spent last year. The program will
continue next year, he said.
the city of Salem and how proud
you must be. After seeing what
can be done, we are hoping we
too can have a Christian High
School in Southern Oregon like
it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Brawn,
507 Kenwood Ave.,
Medford, Oregon
reported they had heard a plane
pass over the area about the time
Hall should have been there. Hall
was en route from The Dalles,
Ore., at the time his plane
vanished.
His stepson, James Weber of
Bakersfield, is here to aid in the
search.
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