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y Tk Statesman. Salem, o&f 2)re;aon$tatesraati ate . "No Favor Stony Vs. No Ftar Shall Axc fro rtni Statesman. March It, 131 CHARLES A. S PRAGUE. Editor and Publisher PuMMM aty wtwut Beatncaa ttflet m 9 Narta Cfcurrk ftt itlca. Ora Tatepnane 1-3441 KntciM at MM MtUK at Or aa aeoaad 1 elm MUttti uadar ct oX Coarea Uarc . im . Member Associated Press ' rn AmcMIX tTma is umM xeuieij ia U aae tm tvpuoHctiMt at all toeaJ nn printed ta tha acwsaavt General Motors and the Wall Street Journal Some days ago the Wall Street Journal ran quite a feature rtory describing pas senger car models for 1955. It was accom panied by numerous sketches, particularly of the front end of various models reported to be in the works. It received a shower of critical letters from car dealers who pro tested that such publicity damaged sales of 1934 model ears. And now comes word that General Motors has canceled its advertising In the Journal, and cut it off from certain news releases. CMC bases its protest on the fact that the story as it related to GM cars was derived from confidential sources, divul fence of which was "in breach of the confi dential relationship and in violation of our property rights." In its issue of last Wednesday the Journal published a number of the letters of criticism and answered them in a long and strong editorial. It pooh-poohed the notion that the atory killed the sale of this year's cars, saying "It has never been a secret that each year the manufacturers are working on plans for improved models next year." Virtually every car buyer knows that next year's model will be better. Then it went on to defend its position as a newspaper whose reason for being is to print -the news. It cannot in honesty- sort out the news and suppress that which a particular segment of business doesn't want published. To such critics it replied: "Would they wish us to print only the banking news approved by bankers, only the steel news approved by the steel officials, only the realestate news approved by real estate agents? If we followed that practice, would they not soon wonder how much in formation was not being printed and begin to doubt the usefulness of this newspaper's service? "The fict is that it would be of no use whatsoever. If our readers thought that very story in The Wall Street Journal we're censored by the industry or the company which it is covering they would not long have confidence in it Nor would the situation be any better if we ourselves undertook to cen sor the newt by our ideas of what is 'good for business.' If we reported only ood news, readers would not find the paper of value even In their own field. "A newspaper exists only to provide infor mation for its readers; it baa no other reason forbelag. It provides that ..service only so, long as it diligently tieeks otst.whatls hap- pening. and reports it is accurately and as clearly as it 'can. "This is particularly so of a newspaper that concentrates oa business news. Some times what is valuable business news to one reader may be displeasing to another. But , in the end the truth about what is happening is the only thing that is of value to anybody. "And when a newspaper begins to sup 4T Appeasing of McCarthy Said Over; Senator Now Seen as Ike's Most Dangerous Ehemy By JOSEPH aad STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON There is to be no more appeasing of Mc Carthy . On the contrary, Mc Carthy is to be recognized for what he is the President's most danger ous enemy and treated ac cordingly. This is the word that 1 be ing passed around in the A d ro i a i s tration. In the wake of the Army - McCar thy bearings. It will be interesting to see how this doctrine is translated into action. It will be interesting to see. ion ex ample, w h e ther McCarthy is permitted to retain the rare right of in specting the income tax, re turns of any one he may happen to dis like, in or out of the govern ment Most people regard their tax returns as strict ly a private matter between their consciences and the Internal Revenue Bureau. Yet McCarthy unquestionably has this right of inspection. He was granted it oa Feb. 6, 1933, a matter of days after President -Eisenhower took office. On that day the President signed Executive Order IOCS, giving the McCarthy Committee ' access to "any Income, excess profits, capital stock, estate, or gift tax returns." It Is tree that ether Cengres steaaJ eeaasnJttees have had a, rem ta tax retama.' Tae differ eaee Is, af eear. that these com mittees were net headed by a Joseph R. McCarthy. The fact came eat ekarty dartog the re ceac bearings that McCarthy has etaally bad prepared deader f smear material aaaat at least twe member af hi awn eem- m "Y!7 Oregon, Monday. Juno II. 1S34 Too bad Harry Truman got sick and missed his cue for the Kansas City showing of "Call Me Madam.'' The windup of the play based on the career of Mrs. Perle Mesta shows Harry coming on the stage to join Perle. Previously it was always performed by a good standin; but KC was to get the authentic appearance of its most distinguish ed neighbor. He'd have enjoyed it, and the audience would have been quite overwhelm ed, when his real identity became. known. A sick spell forced, the ex-President and Mrs. 1 Truman to return home, and later he under went an operation for appendicitis. The coun try hopes for his speedy recovery 1 We're -ehort of ex-Presidents at it Is. mil tee Seas. Symiaftaa aad jKkML Tax returns, evea af the mast canaeieatiaas taxpay ers, are abvlaasly f Id mines far the smear eeOeetars. McCarthy has already used the access to tax returns granted him by the President to smear at least one high Eisenhower ad ministration offcial Assistant Secretary of Defense Struve Hen seL McCarthy charged, n effect, that Hensel was a war profiteer. Hensel immediately branded the charge a lie, and demanded an investigation by the Justice De partment. This DTestigatiaa will seen be completed. It is expected ta clear Heaaei aacaadiUaaally. If a. McCarthy wiH stand eanvtet ed af having gressly abased the privilege granted him by the President aader Execntive Order 1435. This being aa. shaald the President permit him ta retain the privilege af Inspecting ather people's tax retains? The President can rescind his order at any time. Moreover, Rep. Emanuel Celler. ranking Democrat on the powerful Judic iary Committee, has strongly urged the President to do just that, in a personal letter. The implication is plain that Celler will otherwise raise the issue pub licly. N deaat by naw McCarthy al ready has a vast celleeUaa af aheteatats af tax re tarns; ia this sense reeiadlng the order weald be a same what belated gesture. Yet It woald at least he a pabDe Presidential endersemeat af Hensel as aa henerable man. . It weald aise, af eearse. be a mast direct Presidential challenge ta McCarthy, since the erder can ealy he reeiaded by the President himself.- It is not clear whether the President is yet willing to go so far. The evidence on this point is conflicting. Oa the aae hand, a carefally tanned and sarprlslngly effect ive campaign ta aadereat the McCarthy tnflaeaee ta hey areas af the ReaaaUeaa party has been aader way with Walt Haase aa. areval. as recently re parted hi press that news, whether at the behest of its advertisers or on pleas from special seg ments of business, it will soon cease to be of any service either to its advertisers or to business, because it will soon cease to have readers. The complaint of General Motors is some what different, namely that there was a breach Of confidence. But was that breach one committed by the reporter for the Wall Street Journal, or one of GMC'i own em ployes or agents? Unless there was a breach of confidence by a representative of the Journal that paper should not be penalized for the enterprise of its staff in getting and publishing the news. We recall seeing the story and sketches; and for our part there was nothing special to induce a person to wait for the 1955 models. The chrome stampings are a little different, as they always are; and there may be some new gadgets and engine changes, as there always are. Perhaps the chief dif ficulty is that the auto industry is pretty edgy these days after a rough 1953. But its merchandise, this year is certainly of high quality, good enough to tempt anyone who has any inclination to buy a new car. We anticipate that both General Motors and the Wall Street Journal will survive, and that before many months GMC products again will be advertised in the Journal. Dewey to Quit Politics? New Yorkers are, busy speculating on whether Tom Dewey will run for a fourth term as governor of the state. The Buffalo News says he isn't going to run again, but will be appointed Secretary of State on the retirement of John Foster Dulles. The trou ble with this prediction is that John Foster "has given no sign of wanting to retire from the job he coveted for so long, and the White House has said it had no plans for naming Dewey to the office. The New York Times speaks with such positiveness as to indicate authority when it says definitely the governor will retire from politics at the end of his term. Pre sumably he will reenter law practice but would remain available for a political ap pointment. , Republicans will turn to Senator Ives for its candidate if Dewey bows out of the race. Ives has a fine reputation as a man and as a very able senator. He should clean up on Frankie Roosevelt who is running on his father's reputation. Have you planned to vote on your school district' budget today? In almost every sec tion of the mid-valley area the polls will be open this afternoon and evening. Show your support for your local school board, adminis trators and teachers by casting your ballot today. this space. Mare direct actian against McCarthy has nlsa been considered. For example, the President has seriously discussed with old friends the advisability of mak ing a speech attacking McCarthy ism and McCarthy by name, for the first time, soon after the ad journment of Congress. More over. Allen Dulles, Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, has received categorical assurances of all out support from the Pres ident, if the expected McCarthy attack on the CIA materializes. The evidence pointing la the ather direction consists af small spasms af appeasement,- which still cantinae. For example, a can pie af weeks aga the Presi dent reappointed John C. Daer fer as a Federal Communications Cemmlssianer. Deerfer is aae af the twa all -oat McCarthy mea an this key eammlssian. an which McCarthy has repeatedly exerted extreme pressare for favors af his journalistic friends. Again, as previously reported in this space. McCarthy's State Department emissary, W. Scott McLeod, has been given control of the Foreign Service Inspection Corps, thus strengthening his McCarthyite empire. There have been signs a similar empire is a-building in the Atomic Energy Commission. Yet ma balance, the anderly lag tendency seems ta be all the ather way. McLead's vietery, far example, may tarn ant ta be Pyrrhle. The new Under Secret ary af State, Charles Saltzmann, ha been assured that he can dis charge McLeod if he eoacbides that McLeed Is dabig real harm. In general, there, is everywhere in the Executive branch far less fear of McCarthy's wrath, since the hearings, and far more con fidence that bold action in the matter of McCarthy is likely to Succeed. It will be Interesting to see whether this new boldness is such that McCarthy, whose own income tax returns are cur rently ' being investigated, will be told by the President to keep his nose out of other peoples' business! (Copyright 1954. Central Peatures Corp.) GRIN AND BEAR Be rftsscfor fasts might (Continued Just to show how essential the functions of a courthouse are I should like to point out the duties of government per formed within it The whole system of our jurisprudence developed over many centuries has its primary field of opera tions within a courthouse. The very name attached to the building signifies that its func tions is the dispensing of jus tice between man and man and between man and society. Life and liberty are the most sacred of man's possessions. The Coun ty Sheriff is the peace officer whose sworn duty it is to pro tect persons from unlawful as sault or imprisonment and to bring before the magistrate any who violate the laws of the State. Here courts with judges, attorneys and jurors sit in the trial of cases both criminal and civiL Here accused persons en joy rights guaranteed in the Constitution to a speedy and public trial before an impartial jury. 'It is 'here that the con stitutional guarantee is made good that "every man shall have remedy by due course of law for injury done him in his person, property or reputation." Our political and social organi sation depends in high degree on the competence and the in tegrity of our courts of law; and it is here day after day that the qualities of our courts are tested. Here too are property rights . made secure. The earliest legal systems uncovered by the ex ploration of archaeologists re veal on tablets of stone and clay, on papyrus or bamboo wood laws affecting property rights, and instruments such as deeds, mortgages, contracts. And in this building are housed the records of our time cover ing titles to lands within the county, records secure now, we are happy to say, against the hazard of fire. In recent years we have heard a great deal about a con flict between human rights and property rights. That is a false cry. The fact is that prop erty has no rights. It is persons who have certain rights in and to property, real, live persons; you and I and thousands of others. Those rights as to lands and chattels are recorded here; and here disputes over rights to property are settled in trials at law. Do not treat property rights lightly. To the individual concerned the ownership of a home or a farm or of tools and machinery is precious. He guards these rights jealously; and be looks to county officials to protect him in the rights in hering in such ownership. The owner of property not only has a right from the State, he has an obligation to his gov ernment Another very impor tant function carried on within a courthouse is the levying and collection of taxes and the ap praisal of property for the just apportionment of the tax bur den. Here too the monies of the County are received and disbursed and accounted for. Still another and certainly vital public service performed within a courthouse is the is suance of marriage licenses; and here too divorces are grant ed. The probate of estates and it was the probate of Ew ing Young's estate which prompted the organization of the Provisional Government in Oregon in 1843 is done by the officials housed herein. Elec tors register at the office of the County Clerk preliminary to ex ercising their sovereign right of voting; and here returns of elections are received, tabulat ed and certified Numerous ad ditional functions assigned by law to counties are administ ered here: surveys of lands, construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, adminis tration or county schools, spe cial assistance to agriculture. Other departments with which the County is associated pub- SURE IS DRY! lie welfare and public health TOPEKA, Kan. OP) The mail occupy space in other build- brought Gov. Edward F. Arn a re ings. minder of the drought. A letter This recital shows just how from a friend, C. C. Evans of Rui basic in our structure of gov- sell, Kan., bore notations that the ernment the County is and how stamp was affixed and the back essential the courthouse is for flap dosed with pins because "no the convenient and safe conduct moisture id available" to seal of public business. Am I not them. i Bv LiYTity, wt 9 rfaauwej arecaoW, Smmtmi from page I.) correct then in calling this Courthouse the people's own building? Today we dedicate this build ing to its public use. And let us here rededicate ourselves to those high principles for which the American Republic is dis tinguished. The building is in animate. It is the human life that flows in and through it which makes it come alive. The building itself cannot function to protect the institutions of society and the rights of men so clearly defined in our Con stitutions unless the people themselves are alert to preserve those rights, for others as well as for themselves. Those rights have been bought for us by blood and sacrifice. We in this generation must labor faithful ly to preserve them and to be queath them intact to our pos terity. This Courthouse with the flags of Nation and State fly ing over it stands as the ma terial expression of government under law. Its very presence constantly informs the people of the privileges and the obli gations of their citizenship. May the sturdy construction of this Courthouse symbolize the sta bility of our political institu tions. May the white marble which encases it symbolize the purity in performance of pub lic duty within: its precincts. r And may citizens always find dn this Courthouse, girded as it is by busy arteries of traffic and fronting the marts of trade, a refuge from the oppressor and security in freemen's rights. Time Flies I ROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago June 21, 1944 Col. Carle Abrams, descendant of Oregon pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Abrams. was elected presi dent at the seventh annual Lin-coln-Zena homecoming picnic. Joe A. Thompson paid for a $500 war bond with 37,500 pennies at Baker. Changsha, capital of Hunan province and for five years a symbol of successful Chinese re sistance, has fallen to the Jap anese. 25 Years Ago June 2U 1929 P. A, Ewing, representing the Federal Department of Agricul ture, arrived in Salem to conduct an economic survey of irrigation projects in Oregon. Vick Brothers garage display ed a box of strawberries from the strawberry farm of Mrs. F. W. Downing. It took 18 berries to fill the bcx. California had a terrific heat wave. San Francisco registered 95 degrees, Sacramento had 104 temperature and the hottest place was Needles where the mercury hovered near 114. 40 Years Ago Jane 21, 1914 At Goldendale, Wash., a herder was shot and seriously wounded and over 100 sheep were killed when night riders raided the grazing camp of Leo Brunne. Chief Shedeck of the Salem po lice force" issued orders that fire crackers and torpedoes would not be allowed during) the Cherry Fair festivities. I Miss Grace Lilly was elected queen of the Cherry Fair, with Miss Eunane Craig second and Miss Priscilla Fleming third. IT i Kremlin Rrirlrc . .. Guatemala s Leftist Regime By TOM WHITNEY (AP Foreign Staff) The Soviet press has made clear in recent days that the leftist gov ernment of President Jacobo Ar benz Guzman in Guatemala has the full moral support of the Kremlin. The Red propaganda version is that those who are opposed to Ar benz are all agents of "American imperialism," while those who sup port him are simply trying to save their country from rack and ruin at the hands of the United Fruit Company and John Foster Dulles, whom the Russians describe as one of the biggest stockholders in this corporation. For weeks Pravda and other So viet papers have been predicting that the United States would try to organize a rebellion against Ar- benz and overthrow his regime. Newspapers in the Soviet capital have not been playing up the Gua temalan crisis day after day re cently, but they have published sev eral important editorials all con demning the United States and all praising the Guatemalan govern ment. In writing about Guatemala all the major Soviet papers have ne glected totally to mention one very important fact the arms shipment to Guatemala from Iron Curtain countries which set off the recent developments. Pravda, the Literary Gazette, Konsomol Pravda and other major Moscow organs have all on the other hand described in consider able detail the hasty U. S. arms shipments to Guatemala's neigh bors after the 10 million dollar lot of Red weapons arrived in Guate mala. The American aid to Honduras and Nicaragua was pictured in So viet newspapers as aggression against Guatemala without any justification. "The example of Guatemala," Pravda said in an important edi torial, "is inspiring other Latin American countries." "Along with plots inside the coun try, the ruling circles of the Unit ed States are preparing direct in tervention in Guatemala," Pravda declared. "Under the false flag of anti communism' the imperialists of the United States hope to keep eternal ly their colonial system. in Latin America. They are so eager to. deal with Guatemala because it has become the banner of the peoples of Latin America in their struggle for independence. . "The patriots of Latin America know that intervention in Guate mala would make easier for the American imperialists the crushing the national-liberation movement in all Latin American countries." Only a few days ago the Kremlin was the scene of a brief address by a top labor leader of Guatemala Vergilio Guerra. who before an au dience of Soviet trade unionist and government leaders declared publicly that the Soviet Union is the example which guides Guate malan labor. Guerra is a secretary of the Gen eral Confederation of Labor, a Communist-dominated trade-union movement, which is the chief back er of President Arbenz. It seems pretty dubious, of course, whether the Russians will be able to give the Guatemalan leftist government any real mater ial support in its efforts to crtish rebellion in the country other than the arms which the Guatemalans have already received. But it is obvious the Russians will give the Arbenz government full moral support through all the world Communist propaganda ap paratus, and in the United Nations as well. And it is equally clear that the Kremlin would just love to have a lot of governments in Latin Ameri ca like the leftists of Guatemala bitterly hostile to the'United States andiJriendly to Communists and communism. WAIT AWHILE! GRAND ISLAND, Neb. 11 A j man in here has a dog who likes ! to greet visitors rather boisterous- ; ly. And the chap himself confuses i them. Seems the master quiets j his pet with the command: "Don't bite him until I tell you to." I CHARLES W. CLAGGETT, Mgr. ,rfi m 1 trn ,m,m. : I TL C f i ine oarery vaive 7 "Creeping- Cardaalsm To the Editor: Now that the word has been passed along to pull Cordon out of the fire, Republican editors duti fully bow. It appears in the form of a virus known as creep ing corJonism and it has lately infected the editorial page of the Statesman. This may lead some readers to believe that this virus is most potent indeed. Especial ly since the Statesman in the past has displayed some immu nity to creeping cordonism as indicated by the fact that the Statesman has criticized, editor ially, a number of the proposals and actions of Cordon. In fact, from the standpoint of political issues, one might logically con ceive of the Statesman support ing Richard Neuberger. However, this is an election year and Guy well you know the rest. The best illustration of the de viationist editor who repents dur ing an election year is found in the habits of the late William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette. Three and a half out of four years he generally supported the New Deal but during the campaign period he returned to his dear G.O.P. When questioned about his editorial inconsistencies White remarked, "consistency is a paste jewel that only 'cheap men cherish." Probably true since Republicans have long been known as being able to afford Yeal jewels. Walter L. Berg 2034 Warner St. Editor's Note: As is character istic of strong partisans the con tributor reads through his own colored glasses. The Statesman is a ReDublican newsDaoer but it reserves the privilege of selection among political candidates. To date it has made no recommen dation as between Sen. Guy Cor don and State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger; but it has sought to apportion 'praise or criticism as they were merited. To the Editor: For some time now the cry has been "What's the matter with the Salem Senators." I would like to ay, "There is nothing wrong with the "Salem Senators." In the first place they are a fine group of young ball play ers. Hard working, he men, who are trying to find a place for themselves in their chosen line of endeavor. Tis true they have lost a few games, but when the scores are checked you will find that they all have been close. No 20 to one, or 18 to goose egg scores. Eight to 6, 3-2. 7-5, 4-3, etc., is not a bad way to lose a ball game and shows that our boys are playing ball, but maybe are not getting the breaks. Salem people own the Sena tors and the fine ball park. What the Salem Senators need is the encouragement and support of the people of Salem. Not the coffee counter or lounge room knocking we some times bear, but real whole hearted, ball park support of at least 2,000 eager fans for each home game. And this at tendance figure should include more of the stockholders. F. E. MERCER. SEE OLIVETTI ( Printing Calculator Try It On Your Own Work Vow will appreciate its complete adaptation to your own business, giving you high speed electric adding and sub tracting, with automatic credit balance as well as printed record of multiplication and division problems. 10,000 U. S. firms are using OLIVETTI. May w demonstrate this wonderful machine to you? 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We have policemen to enforce the law and justices of the peace or judges to collect the fines so passed out to the peo ple who break the laws of our city. If business men are the defenders of our city laws why do we have police officers and pay them a nice salary to take care of such laws? CHAS. C. MARSH, 2253 N. 5th St Two Cars Receive Extensive Damage Two cars received extensive damages but no injuries were re ported in a collision at 12th and State streets Sunday evening. Police identified the .drivers af Myrl Esther Mallow, Albany, and Natha Theodore Vaughn.Stayton Route 1. When a longshorman's strike tied up New York City harbor, one French ship once carried one consignment of 100 tons of roque fort cheese across the Atlantio five times. ' ... laa latter start. 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