4 (Soe. IV-StatMman, Scrlesa, Or Friday, May 21, 1954
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From First Statesman, March 7Z, 1851
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Press Freedom and Court Trials
Lawyers and judges often have condemned
"trial by newspaper" asserting that extrav
agant or prejudicial reporting with smash
headlines and lurid photographs denies the
defendant his right to a fair and impartial
trial by inflaming the populace and condi
tioning the minds of jurors. It remained for
the New York Supreme Couri however to
void a conviction on the ground that re
porters had been barred in the taking of
some of the testimony.
The case was that of Minot F. Jelke
charged with compulsory prostitution, and
Iba Associated Prass la antitiad xdustaiy to u um the details of the story which were made
public made it one of the most sordid scan
dals in recent New York City history. Be
cause of the salacious nature of the testimony
the presiding judge closed the public from
the trial. The higher court however ruled
that exclusion of the press and the public
was prejudicial and deprived Jelke of a fair
trial. It said the judge had "no right to re
strain or dictate what portion of court pro
ceedings shall be made available for the
reading public." Two judges of the court
however dissented squarely with the ma
jority's conclusion, and the case may be
taken to the New York Appellate Court.
To the degree that the principle stands
and trials are kept open for the press and
the public, responsibility falls on the press
for observing canons of decency in reporting
with due concern for the public morals. Press
freedom is to be used, not abused.
6Rm AND BEAR IT ByLichty yme FJes
Today Is Election Day"
This is the day or the state primary elec
tion, for the cit ioction and for voting on
certain county and city measures. All regis
tered voters should get out and vote, even
though the pre-election campaign has been
quiet, with a minimum of electioneering,
smearing and promising.
As far as party primaries are concerned
the lack of bitterness in the contests augurs
well for party harmony when the elections
come in November. Then, to be sure, the
voters make the final choice; but consider
ing the dominance of the Republican party
in Oregon the fact is that in a great many
instances the decision on who will hold office
for the next term will be decided in today's
primary. Hence the greater urgency for
showing up at the polls and voting today.
Strange Disease
The public is familiar with many diseases,
and well organized drives have been car
ried on for years to wage campaigns against
polio and cancer and heart disease which
are recognized as cripplers and killers. There
are of course many other diseases that flesh
is heir to which have not received the at
tention of those mentioned. One of them
multiple sclerosis is described in an article
in this week's Saturday Evening Post, as re
lated by one of its victims.
This disease is the disintegration of mye
lin, the fatty tissue which surrounds nerve
fibers having to do with voluntary motion
and conscious sensation. As this deteriorates
''the nerves are so affected that impulses are
roadblocked, causing paralysis of the organs
or muscles supplied by them." The author
for example says that the only muscular con
trol he can exercise is over the third and
fourth fingers of one hand. His vision is
blurred and his speech indistinct. Yet he is
confident that science will unlock the se
cret of the disease and obtain a cure.
The disease is little known by its long
title most persons probably identify it as
"paralysis"; but estimates of its sufferers
run to 250,000 in this country. As with other
of these mass afflictions efforts are being
made to raise funds for education and re
search. Locally Mrs. Max Rogers has offered
to accept and forward contributions to the
national office.
Great progress has been made in reduc
tion of the incidence of infectious disease.
"Not attention is being, directed toward the
so-called degenerative diseases, and this
"M.S." is one of them. Its victims and their
friends and relatives hope that something
may be done, and speedily for its prevention
and cure.
Billy Graham, the Southern evangelist
now conducting a series of revival services in
London, has preached to crowds estimated
to have totaled over one million. At the
final service on May 22nd a crowd of 110,
000 are expected at Wembley stadium where
the meetings are being held, and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury has accepted an in
vitation to attend. The Graham meetings
were preceded by some adverse publicity,
but he seems to have overcome its effects,
on the measure of the crowds he has attract
ed to' his meetings. Evidently nothing like the
Graham meetings have occurred in England
since the Moody-Sankey revivals of a
generation ago.
Another editor in Egypt has been curbed
by the new government. This one, Abul
Kheir Nagujb, was sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment for "conspiring"' against the
present government and collaborating with
foreigners to harm the state. Before we de
nounce this invasion of freedom of the press
we should consider that under the Smith act
similar punishment could be given an edi
tor in this country if he were found guilty
of conspiracy to overthrow the government.
In fact one of the Commies rounded up on
such charges was connected with a Commie
paper.
The one best qualified to report the cur
rent McCarthy-Army hearings is Alice-in-Wonderland.
In the automotive world attention is held
by the battle of the titans, General Motors
and Ford. On another sector, however, a
battle is raging, that between breweries of
Milwaukee and St. Louis for sales preemi
nence. Last year Anheuser - Busch of St.
Louis pushed ahead of Schlitz (whose claim
is to have made Milwaukee famous), strike
bound for part of the year. This year Schlitz
hopes to regain the lead and with Pabst and
Miller hold the title for Milwaukee. Mean
time on this coast western breweries are
concerned over the invasion of some of the
big midwest concerns which have located
branches in California. So the beer battle
is churning up suds.
Editorial Comment
TO LEAVE THE MIRROR POND
The unfortunate pilot who put down his plane
on the tempting surface of Bend's mirror pond
Thursday presently learned something that any
swan knowi by instinct the takeoff is long and
difficult and the runway short Whether it is a
plane or swan, the change from water to air is
a laborious matter.
Anyone who hat watched a swan leave the Des
chutes for a trip aloft will have become aware
of how great an effort is involved. The big bird
swims with increasing speed which it augments
with flapping wings at first buffeting the water
so violently that at night the sound resembles
that of a galloping horse.
Gradually the heavy body rises in the water,
presently just touching the surface. Then it clears
by inches and then by feet. It is air borne and
wings its way, still slowly, above the bridges and
the frustrating wires that civilization has placed
in its way. Finally, with all obstacles left below,
the bird is truly in flight.
The takeoff of the swan is not dissimilar to
that of the pontooned plane. For each the safe
haven of the water becomes a clinging deterrent
Each must win free.
The bird has the advantage locally in that for
it the runway is relatively vastly longer. The
plane, its movement bounded by two bridges,
needed more distance. (Bend Bulletin)
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FROM STATESMAN FILES
"U is the ruling of the chair that Adele is entitled to state ber opinions,
but we certainly don't bare to pet en attenliom to thtmT
par cay
Literary Red Delegates
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GuidepOSt At Conference
10 Years Ago
May 21, 1944
American soldiers, killing 34
Japanese for every doughboy
lost, wiped out enemy resistance
on Wake island in ths southwest
Pacific, Gen. Douglas McArthur
reported.
Less than 10 per cent of the
motorists traveling the Pacific
highway during April held their
speed under the 35 mile an hour
wartime restriction, Secretary
of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr.,
reported. v '.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane E. Wheel
er of Portland announced the en
gagement of their daughter,
Dorothy? to Lt ( jg) George A
Arbuckle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Georga L Arbuckle. The couple
met at the University of Oregon.
25 Years Aso
May 21, 1929
Joe King was chosen president
of the Salem high school student
body. Margaret Wagner was
elected secretary and Robert An
thony was chosen the Clarion
manager.
There are only two college
graduates among the more than
7&u'inmates of the Oregon state
penitentiary, it was discolsed in
a survey by Frank Lombard,
Willamette university student
Your Health
By
Dr. Hermaa S.
MJ.
Strategic location of the male
prostate gland has made it. an im
portant factor in man's urinary
system. It is placed next to the
bladder and the urethra, the tube
that leads from the bladder to the
outside; therefore, anything that
happens to the prostate is very
likely to cause urinary symp
toms. This close relationship is unfor
tunate in men of middle age, as a
slight, growing enlargement of
the prostate gland often begins to
occur about the age of fifty. "It
naturally brings reaction from the
urinary system.
The first symptom of a prostate
gland disturbance is freouency of
urination. The individual com
plains of getting up numerous
times at night and has disturbing
loss of control over his urinary
flow.
A physician can usually tell
whether the Drostate eLand is en
larged by doing a simple rectal
examination. Of course. X-rays
and special examinations are also
made in order to prove that the
prostate gland Is the offender.
If prostate difficulty is allowed
to progress, the urine may accu-
By W. G. ROGERS
TrE SISTERS MATERASSL by
Alo Palazzeschi, translated
from Italian by Angus David
son (Doubleday; $3.50)
First we are drawn into the
charmed circle of the hills of
Florence; then within the little
village of Santa Maria, to the
north, at last to the scene of
our novel, the home of the two
prosperous Materassi sisters,
Teresa and Carolina. They are
50, which is to say, that's the
average, with Teresa 51 and
Carolina 49. For years desper
ately skimping to recoup the
modest wealth squandered by
their father, they have ruined
their eyesight and their disposi
tibns by unremitting toil at lin
gerie and bridal trousseaux, as
the sign says, and for their ele
gant embroidery they are with
out rivals. All they know of life
is superfine linens and the dain
tiest tiniest stitching.
; Niobe, their own sophisticated
servant has rarely been able to
resist a handsome dark man,
and the consequences have
twice been scandalous. She re
sembles a third younger Matar
assi sister, Giselda, whose flesh
also was weak; she married, to
be sure, but was deserted, and
returned home half-drudge and
half-sister.
A fourth sister had a husband,
too, but he and she both died,
leaving Remo, 14 when we meet
him, poor orphan, being taken
back to the Santa Maria home.
A handsome dark lad with a
beautiful smile, he finds himself
the lone man in the midst of
susceptible women. They can't
do enough for him, they think
with a flutter of happiness, and
that's what he thinks, too. The
young rascal doesn't wrap them
around his finger, they wrap
themselves.
The novel wraps you around,
too, and does it delightfully.
Its charms are the lasting
charms of good fiction: Intrigu
. ing character and incident,
smart timing and a nice com
mand of a rich vocabulary.
Brownell Decides to Investigate Government Informer's
Case for Possible Perjury, Also Suitability of Evidence
By JOSEPH and
STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON Attorney
General Herbert Brownell has
decided to investigate the case
of Paul Crouch
for possible per
jury, and also
to dete rminc
the suitability
of Crouch for
future use as a
government in
former and gov-
r1 ! e r n m e n t wit-
I I f I The decision
portant Crouch
is significant in
himself, as one of the govern
ment's leading ex-Communist
informers and most widely used
witnesses In proceedings against
Communists. And the investiga
tion of Crouch
will be the first
serious investi
gation, so far as
is known of any
member of this
new group that
has come to play
a considerable
part in Ameri
can national
life.
Attorney Gen
e r a 1 Brownell
announced his
intention to investigate the
Crouch case in response to an
inquiry by these reporters about
Crouch's performance in U. S.
vs. Kuzma et al This is the
Smith Act trial of a number of
lesser Communist leaders that
is now going on in Philadelphia
before Federal Judge J. Cul
len Ganey.
Crouch was the leading V. S.
government witness in the open
ing stages of this case. While
on the stand, he testified with
great particularity about the ac
tivities of one of the defendants,
David Davis, a member of the
National Committee of the Com
munist Party who was formerly
active in the Young Communist
League.
In all, Crouch made no less
than twenty-nine separate state
ments of fact about Davis, say
ing he had seen him at Com
munist meetings, heard him
make reports, watched him take
notes in committees, joined with
him in planning Communist in
filtration of the armed forces,
and other things of like nature.
There was no claim of friend
ship between Crouch and Davis.
But Crouch painted a clear pic
ture of himself and David Davis
working together in the Com
munist Party over a period ex
tending from 1928 through the
mid-1930s. Numerous contacts
with Davis ere described by
Crouch, and an occasional detail
was given that brought the
story to life. Here, for example,
.is a fragment of the Q-and-A
concerning a meeting to discuss
Communist infiltration of the
army.
"Question: Was Mr. Davis
present?
"Answer by Crouch: Yes,
Your Honor.
"Question: All right
"Continued answer by Crouch:
The discussion was on the steps
to carry out these decisions
(about the infiltration pro
gram), and the defendant Davis
spoke en the practical question
of numbers who could be sent
in to join the armed forces in
New York, and the number of
girls; (he) discussed a number
of names in both respects
who could be most active nam
ing Mary Hemoff, Shavolson, a
Sylvia Daniels among the names
I recall now."
Crouch might have spoken
with less self-confidence and
vouchsafed fewer details of his
alleged knowledge of Davis, if
he had understood a rather spe
cial feature of U. S. vs. Kuzma
et al. In brief, a decision of
the local Bar Association has
led to the court's providing the
defendant with highly compe
tent counsel drawn from the
most respected and conservative
Philadelphia law firms.
Thomas D. McBride, Philadel
phia's leading criminal lawyer,
heads this legal group, which is
singularly unlike the opposition
the government lawyers have
encountered in- previous Smith
Act cases. McBride and bis team
have laboriously studied the
records of the many previous
eases in which Crouch has beea
a government witness. These
Included the second trial , of
Harry Bridges In 1949.
In that case. Bridge's lawyer
had questioned Crouch about
his knowledge of all the mem
bers of the Communist Nation
al Committee, including David
Davis and another man about
whom Crouch testified at Phils- ;
-delphia, Samuel Don or Don
chin. In response to this quest
ioning. Crouch testified under
oath at the Bridges trial that
he "did not know or did not
remember'' either Davis or Don-chin.
In the Bridges trial, in fact
he denied any knowledge of
David Davis no less than four
times, and in a most specific
and positive manner. He stated
at one point: "I had no know
ledge of David Davis."
;lf the result of the Attorney
General's investigation is un
favorable to Crouch, that by no
means implies that the result
will also be favorable to David
Davis and the other Commu
nis. They are all known mem
bers of the hard core of the
Communist Party. Very prob
ably, they have 'done far worse
things than Crouch testified to.
On the other hand, Crouch is
an employe of the U. S. govern
ment acting in a highly confi
dential capacity; and his per
formance in Philadelphia has
raised a question about whether
he is the kind of man who ought
to occupy such a position.
He is now on the regular pay
roll of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, as a con
sultant on subversives. He is
frequently released to testify as
a! government witness in court
cases and deportation proceed
ings, when he receives the us
ual substantial per diem. There
is no precise record of the num
ber of his appearances in this
role. Bat it has been very large.
: Under the circumstances it
will be interesting to see the
results of this first investigation
of one of the tribe of informers
and government witnesses who
have been flourishing in this
country since the middle period
of the Truman administration. 1
: (Copyright, 1954. Mew York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
By J.M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
The Communists at Geneva, hav
ing heard the plain statements of
the British and the earlier ones
of the French that collective action
to save Indochina must await re
sults at the conference, now intend
to confer at length while they see
what they can do with intensified
military action.
Red delegates are reported dig
ging in for a long stay at Geneva,
while building up their attack on
the Red River valley. If they can
keep the settlement ball up in the
air long enough, they may extend
the conference beyond the rainy
season to attack with major forces
built up during the interval.
Against this background, France
has stiffened her attitude from
that of the earliest conference
days, and is now earnestly con
ferring with the United States on
what can be done immediately
about the defense of Southeast
Asia.
The estimate of some French
leaders that the fall of Dien Bien
Phu might produce this attitude,
rather than resignation to defeat,
has been proved at least partially
true.
Britain, however, still sticking to
the premise that nothing should be
done about collective defense until
the Geneva conference has been
given every last opportunity to pro
duce a settlement, was not invited
to join the new Franco-American
discussions.
That makes her mad, added as
it is to the fact that she is also
excluded from Anzus, the Ameri
can -New Zealand - Australia de
fense pact for the Pacific, which
Washington is also calling into
play in connection with Indochina.
This was the backgroundof Presi
dent Eisenhower's statement
Wednesday that it was possible
some form of defense pact might
be worked out without Britain,
without waiting for the end of the
Geneva conference.
It would depend, of course, upon
the attitude of the Asiatic nations
which have been asked to partici
pate, and on America's other al
lies. There is as yet no formula
consideration of the idea that if
all else fails, the United States will
have to move in alone to help
France and the Indochinese states.
But even to contemplate a col
lective action without Britain, with
her great interests in Southeast
Asia and in Hong Kong, is a tre
mendous development. There is
very grave doubt that it could or
would be done, actually.
The very suggestion of such a
thing, however, puts heavy pres
sure on Britain to change her
mind. To this is added the fact
that the French, who originated
the "wait for Geneva" theory
have greatly modified their own
stand.
The odds are very great that if
the Asiatic nations now began to
display willingness to go ahead
without Britain that she would not
be able to withstand the pressure.
She should be forced to come in.
The dramatic withdrawal of
Dr. Albert Voegler from the
German delegation to the Paris
reparations conference -was re
garded as the final in the dead
locked negotiations.
40 Years Ago
May 21, 1914
A fierce northwester broke
over Kiel during the Imperial
Yacht club regatta. Two cutters
were capsized and five sailors
drowned. The mainmasts of the
yachts, owned by the German
emperor, were broken.
Miss Wilda Solomon, daugh
ter of Mrs. N. Solomon, Salem,
won a leading role in the annual
pageant of Oregon Agricultural
College.
Arthur Glover, well known
blacksmith, returned to Salem
from Tacoma and bought an in
terest in the John Holn business
They are fully prepared to do
everything in the blacksmith
line in first-class shape.
About one -fifth of the U. S
wheat crop is grown in Kansas.
mulate in the bladder, stretching
the bladder wall and causing per
manent weakness. The urine may
also back, off into the kidneys, if
the condition is allowed to pro
gress, and destroy parts of them.
A small number of the cases
may be due to cancer. However,
in most instances, the enlarge
ment is of a non-cancerous nature
and is due to an overgrowth of
glandular and scar tissue.
. There is no-need for a man to
suffer from the symptoms of pros
tate enlargement today. If be is
given large doses of the antibio
tic drugs to clear up any infec
tion, the operation known as tran
surethral section usually can be
performed with very little risk
and most often gives a satisfac
tory cure.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Mr. T. P.: Is it dangerous to eat
foods containing bleached flour?
Answer: Flour that is bleached
according to governemnt regula
tions is not harmful However,
bread made from either whole
grain or enriched flour may be
preferred, because of higher vi
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