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IKS H . v. f , ft" -' ' .V : n " V A (Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem Or Thum. July 15. 1954 "No ("aror Sway lp So Fear From t int Statesmia, March 1 CHARLES A SPKAliUE. Editor pu&Usneo vat morning , Bunaen North Church St Salem. Ur. Telepftone 1-3441 1 tnleien at ll .ostotlK: at Saterr. Ore as Mcond clai .nattn uMC c ot ongic Member Associated Press Tba Atx.iiK rt: i nuue exclusively lo the u tet repunlM-attnn ol ail local Dr printed to - " thia nrwtpam - AncKlElection's Four Months Off James T. Marr, Oregon AFL Secretary, v gets a rise out of several Oregon editprs f " - when he predicts that Senatorial Candidate --" Richard L. Neuberger will be the victim of a "big smear" campaign. -, Thc'CapitaF Journal doesn't see how an , attempt to picture Neuberger as "a radical f 'and a dreamer" could be called a smear. In ' stead, says the CJ, "an insidious smear has Vbeen directed for months past at Douglas Z McKay and Senator- Cordon, the like of X which we cannot recall since the granddaddy JJof all smears, the job of Charley Michaelson, worked so, successfully on Herbert Hoover.' -The Oregonian says that Neuberger, is "a past master of the smear technique and has , j been using lt indiscriminately." It objects Jtto Neuberger'srharges that Cordon is a $t stooge of big business, the oil companies, the j timber barons, the private power companies, etc., and that McKay is Cordon's ."willing errand boy." Also, the Oregonian doesn't think it was fair of Neuberger to refer, to Z Cordon as "gnome-like."' t ; " ' ' It is a shame that this important senatorial, contest has deteriorate so rapidly to the level where advocates "of both sides are cry wing foul. For the main part, the debate, has ( been on the issues until now when the i mfar" thinff is coming out We say "is coming'' because the dirty 1 business is not entirely in the open yet. Neu- berger's feeling, about Cordon's, record in -Congress has never been secret; he's been, m saying what he thinks (or what he says he .j J thinks) about the resources problems for a i long time. He makes serious charges of "giveaway" (an inaccurate, catch-word if there ever wa; one) but at least they are 4 refutable by facts where error can be shown. Z On the other hand, this "radical and dream ier" business is pretty , hard to pin down. Wbat is a "dreamer," exactly? How can a i man prove he is not one? And the term ' h radical is another semantic enigma, eel t slippery. But we agree much of this type of ' stuff does not constitute- real smear. The worst of the smears still is not out In the open. That is the exploitation of .anti remitism, which we feel certain Cordon would ; 5 not condone. Cordon has a plenty good case to fight Neuberger's "stooge" charges. Neu 2 berger can try to defend himself against fht ; , . - ..." 1 . T" A T 1- 1 Traaicai ana areamer cnarges. eui fieuoer ber can't Change hi name or his. anjtstry or his religion. A fc - - .-. " ' "" . - 5 - St. Louis called off its elephant show be- cause "the elephants just couldn't stand that , hot travel in the show area" during the re-. Scent heat wave. Chances are the gravel miiMn't stand th elerjhants. either, - Gertrude complains her horoscope told her that she needed tact to meet influential peo t pie, but' that she hadn't met anyone from Washington, D. C in months. . V : Recent Events Declared to Have Dr. Oppenheimer on Ne By Jeseph ft Stewart Alsop ' WASHINGTON To the So viet enemy, the transcript in the case of Dr. J. Robert Oppen heimer has revealed many sec- . ... w .the American scientific com munity, this same transcript has made an ev en more dan gerous revela tion. In brief, it has shown that' Dr. O p p e n heimer really got into leged defects- of character, but because he gave his government honest, informed,' usually sens ible but unwelcome advice. The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commis aion, Admiral Lewis Strauss, has gone to great lengths to give a different ects of charae terH were the theme of hi bit ter opin)on against Oppen heimer. And to iStVarl a disturbed and protesting sci entist of Los Alamos laboratory, the stroighold of our weaponry, Strauss vrote: : - "The Atomic Energy Commis sion doe not believe that any government servant scientist, engineer . or administrator should slant his advice or temp-' er his professional opinion be cause of apprehension that such advice or opinipn might be un popular now or in the future. . - ' NatoraHy, however, the sci entists are testing these assur ances by Admiral Strauss against the record compiled fcy his tvi uborinates. That record begins, f coarse, with the commission charge against Dr. Oppenheimer, with its agly hints about the H bomb coBtraveny. And that tee ore continaes through the mas eive transcript, with attack after attack on Dr. Oppenhehner's ad 7 Spare That Good Name! . Is Blossom Gulch School a good name -for a' fine, new 30-room school? Some citizens of Coos Bay don't think, so and the Coos , Bay Times, comments: "The word gulch does not smack of culture and, one must admit, tying it to blossom only removes part of the harshness. Gulch, per-. haps' largely due to the influence of western ' movies, has become synonymous with bad mien and blazing tlx guns rather than with the forces of virtue which always triumph iri the typical western. All schools in Dis- -tiict 9C have names reflecting their location. Blossom Gulch would follow that pattern butthere is a roughness in that word gulch . that just doesn't fit, its opponents have stat ed. True, if a school bad been built there in pioneer days and given that name, it prob- ably would sound, right and any move to change it bitterly resisted but now, well" . . And the paper calls for suggestions for , some nice, suitable name. -- Since when, areOregonians so refined and "cultured" that they must deny their own heritage? ' Too many of the' good, old descriptive names have been slicked up by squeamish namby-pambies.- Hog Canyon is now Ro- : wena Dell; Deadman Creek is Ruchel Creek, Devil's Lake is Delake. !In Marion county the Oregon Electric Railway station, first named Chemeketa in ' order to perpetuate the original Indian name, was changed by local enthusiasts to Hopmere, "a silly mon grel" word, according to Lewis A. Mc Arthur, author of "Oregon Geographic Names." r . The history of geographic names is a fas cinating one. It tells much about the people .who made this state their wonderful hu-', mor, their down-to-earth realism, their acute perceptions, their family pride, their occa sional nostalgia for the old hometowns, their ear for the musical. Indian dialects, and their ' , hope for the future. " 'I Names like Boiling Point, Hole-in-the-Ground, Peepoyer Saddle (also called P. O. "''Saddle), Sinker Mountain, Bachelor Flat, Bakeoven, Donner- and Blitzen River, Mutton Chop Butte, Whiskey Run, Pawn, Fin Rob erts Creek( as dry as Fin Roberts), Ropers Bunion and our own Popcorn and Brush College schools have character as well as Sliall Awe Zg, 1SS1 1 and Publisher omc znv j marcn a. nn into the ooen. ; historical raisoh d'etre. To replace them with "some phony, fancy, high - sounding name would be an irreplaceable loss to the state. Words like slew and butte and gulch and prairie and run are good words, as typical of our region as kill (in New York State) and bayou (in Louisiana) are of theirs. The. national heroes are alreaoV amply supplied with namesakes and the nation's highways ' are uniformly plastered with tradenames, slogans and catchwords in neon and poster paint. Place names and dialects that are dis-, tinctly provincial are refreshing; without them, the whole country would assume a tiresome and artifical sameness.... Coos Bay should take pride in what pic turesque local names survive and,v Oregon ians everywhere should resist any shallow and unworthy urge to' slough off their rough, but honest past.--(M.: W.) ; . Editorial Comment BY WAY OF EXPLANATION Error is hard to avoid. The Waverrjr, Iowa, In dependent pulled one and the editor was almost -suffocated by the protests of his readers. He ' acknowledged the boner, but added: "In an ordinary newspaper column there are 10,000 letters and there are seven possible wrong posi tions for each That makees 70,000 chances fr column to make errors and also several million vice to his government. Joined by a . majority of other American scientific leaders. Is only a small part of the story. , For example, Maj. Gen. Charles Roscoe Wilson testifies that one of- the reasons why he 1 "felt impelled to go to the di rector of intelligence to express my concern" . was because of "my awareness that Dr. Oppen heimer was interested in what I call the Internationalizing of atomic energy, this at a time when the United States had a monopoly." It did not matter, naturally, that this interest of Dr. Oppenheimer's was shared by B. M. Baruch. It was inter est that did not suit people like Gen. Wilson. , Again, there Is the matter of : the long-range detection system. Among the secrets the transcript discloses is the fact that a long range detection device for no dear explosions had 'already been developed In war-time by Dr. Oppenheimer's Los Alamos team. Butane bouquets are handed to Dr. Oppenheimer for. this quite remarkable achieve ment. On the contrary, be is hector ed at great length because he had advised his government that the air sample method of long range detection was more im portant than seismographie or barometric methods. This, too, had upset the Air staff, which took a different view. And, of course, it did not matter that in . this instance Dr. Oppenheimer's advice was wholly correct Then there, Is the Vista story Here, .Dr. Oppenheimer's sin was to suggest a change in the then existing - arrangement, which made the whole existing atomic stockpile the monopoly asset of. the Strategic Air Command. He , wanted the stockpile divided, in stead, into three parts one part for SAC, one part for Tactical Air and other use on the battle field, and one part as reserve. To be sure. Dr. Oppenheimer knew what the generals seemed Hi U have known that the grin era of atomic plenty would chances for transposition in my newspaper of 48 columns. Ia the sentence To Be or Not to Be," by transposition alone; 2,759,022 . errors can bt .made.! (Brooks-Seanlon Pine Echoes). Vindicated All Counts soon permit such a division of the stockpile. To be sore, the Uunking developed by Dr. Op penheimer and others hi the Vista report Is aow, generally speaking, the official thinking of the Pentagon. But the generals' toes were trodden on by Dr. Op penhehner's premature correct ness, and suspicions were aroused. Finally, there Is" the shocking Lincoln story. Here the trans script shows the Air Force ven omously opposing all efforts organize a serious air defense "of the United states "sabotaging" Is the ugly word used by the distinguished Dr. Gregory Zach arias. And here the transcript shows, too, that to this present year of doubtful grace. Dr. Op penheimer was solemnly charged with probable disloyalty because be wanted hi country to be de fended against Soviet air-atomic power. . Indeed, with the sole exception of the H. bomb debate, time has proven that all Dr. Oppenhemv er's adrke to his government was sound and good. But it wns not, to borrow Admiral Straus' word, "popular" advice. And its unpopularity quite .clearly and directly generated the bad feel ing, the nasty, whispering, the sinister public hints, which in tarn made possible. Admiral Stranss ultimate attack on Dr. Oppenheimer. : . - All but one or two of the basic, facts showing supposed defects in Dr. Oppenheimer's character were known in war-time at Los Alamos;, and were known, too, : when Straus and the other members of the A.E.C. unani mously reaffirmed Dr. Oppen heimer's clearance in 1947. What then are the scientists to think? The stale controversies, so end lessly aired, the A.E.C prosecu tor's constant effort to attribute evil motives to Dr. Oppenheim er's position in those controver- : sies, : have inevitably made the scientists think that the Strauss letter to Los Alamos is ."less than candid."; . . . , (Copyrtsht. tS4. Ktw York ' sm. HaraM Trtboaa InaJ any "WHERE Time Flies: lg Yean Ago July 13, 1944 ' . Five oilrefineries and a pump-, ing station at Ploesti, Romania, were blasted by 750 U.S. heavy bombers in the worst flying weather ever encountered over western Europe. ' Every: day the lumber divi sion of Oregon Pulp and Paper Company (the former Spauld ing Logging company) loads a car of neatly-packaged sections of Quonset huts for shipment to th'e'navy . ' Salem's' heat record for 1944 was broken when official ther mometers at the' airport regis teP4 Wgrees. ' ?, ; 25 I ears Ago ! July 15,1921 ' Attempts of Oregon Stages Inc., to obtain an exclusive franchise ; for street busses in Salem were sidetracked when the city coun cil indefinitely postponed con sideration. Better English By P.' C WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "She generally al ways attends the meetings, but it is near a year since I late attended one." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "caramel"? 1. Which one of these words ( is misspelled? Cryptic, crusta cious, crucifixion, crisscross. 4, What does the word "leg acy" mean? : 5. What is a word beginning with na that -means "ingenu ous; artless"? ; -ANSWERS L Say, She usually attends the meetings, but it is nearly a year since I last attended one." 2. Pronounce kar-a-mel, first a as in care, second a unstressed, e as in bell, accent first syl lable. 3. Crustaceous. 4. Some thing left by will; a bequest "His. legacy made him a wealthy man." 5. Naive, GRIN AND BEAR Tfoffor hove aW nfoce to tht tight ot mo Ssnetar empty, daiaf I ,-J -a, 4fV BOkaadM ataaiA afABkABoaai aaoSk aLad anannvnof NrrJ oPVw Crw CDOTmy Www H SQmWtfmwnO wnm DlVf WitW THE FLYING FISHES From The Statesman Filet Tom Wolgamott, automobile instructor at Salem High, re turned from Del Monte, Calif., where he captured the High-Over-All trophy for out-of-state 'shooters in a match in which 47 states were represented. Death took D. M. Wilson, 90, a veteran of the Civil War, for years a resident of Salem. He enlisted in 1861 and was with Sherman in his famous "march to the sea." 40 Years Ago .July 15, 1914 A letter received by the city treasurer, R. A. Crossan, from Mrs. Crossan, who ia spending her vacation at the.McKenzie 'Anglers' Clubr was filled 'with tales of speckled trout and forest hikes. More than 160 acres of tim ber, a school house s and some standing grain were, reported burned eight miles southeast of Eugene, in a brush fire that threatened several farm homes. President Wilson, through Secretary Bryan,, notified the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee he wished to press, for ratification, before adjournment of Congress,' of new peace treat ies signed with 20 foreign powers. ; Guidepo$t THE MAGICIANS. By J. B. Priestly. Harper. . Here's another one from Eng land, and from the prolific Priestley. Life begins at 40, we used to be assured; now, we read, it begins at 50 or 60. Bene ficiary of this new dispensation is Sir Charles Ravenstreet, whose notion that, after his old firm ousts him, nothing is left proves to be quite wrong. The story is not always credible but it's likable. IT By Lichty Literary PLAY- U. S. Now on Sidelines in Indochina War By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst Secretary of State Dulles appar ently has officially removed the United States to the sidelines m the Indochina War. If that is so, the result of his Paris conference with British For eign Secretary Eden and French Premier Mendes-France may be to stiffen the Communists' all-or-nothing demands in tottering Viet Nam. In the words of the communique issued by the three Western states men in Paris , Tuesday, a "clear understanding" of the three West ern - powers' respective positions was reached. i ' ,. . . : . "The United States aecretary of state," said the communique, "ex plained fully the attitude of his government toward the Indochi nese phase of the Geneva Confer ence and the limitations that gov ernment desires to observe as not itself having a primary responsi bility in the Indochina War." That seems to say clearly enough that the Indochina negotiations at Geneva are something to. be bat tled out primarily between France and the Communists, that the Uni ted States is more or less just an interested observer. ' . Consequently, Dulles himself is not returning to Geneva, but in stead is sending Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith, a con cession to France's impassioned plea for American moral support at the negotiations. - Just before the communique was issued Clement Attlee accused Secretary Dulles of "playing right into the hands of the Communists" by failing to return toGeneva. . Aside from the British Labor Party leader's stand on the admis sion of Red China to the United Nations, which might . be consid ered beside the point in this spe cific instance, his argument with regard to the United States at Ge neva is worthy of a careful look. The statement that the United States has no primary interest in the solution of the Indochina con flict by negotiation would seem to flash a green light for the Com munist side to press its demands upon France. . If these demands are so harsh that France must ultimately reject them, that would mean continua tion of the Indochina War. Then much of world, opinion particu larly in nervous and frightened Asia would point a finger at the aloof attitude of the United States. - . . "But if the French, weary with the war and eager . for settlement at almost any cost, accept the Communist demands, that means another long Red stride toward creeping encirclement of the Asian continent, from which the United States can not remain aloof. Moscow is far from aloof to the situation. Molotov is on hand, and the Communist propaganda mill daily is grinding out the Red posi tition that without a political settlement simultaneously with the military one," there is. no possible solution for the Indochina crisis. That is the Communist bid for all of Viet Nam eventually, and from there, probably all of Indo china. The political settlement, involving elections, coalition gov ernment and solution on an all -Viet Nam basis would give the Communists a tremendous advant age in Viet Nam. If the Red propa ganda along thse' lines was for the purposes of bargaining, their hand seems to have been strengthened. July 4 is celebrated as Inde pendence Day in the Philippines where formal independence was granted July 4, 1946. Services for Joseph Benoit Set Saturday Funeral services for Joseph W Benoit, 62, former accountant with the Public - Utilities Commission, will be held at 11 a.m. . Saturday in St Joseph s Catholic Church. . He died at a Salem hospital Wed nesday ' following an illness of about Eve years. , Benoit was born in Salem Feb. 9, 1892 and moved as a youth to As toria. He later moved to Portland where he lived for several years before returning to Salem about 18 years ago. He was with the util ities commission for 12 years un til ill health forced his retirement five years ago. Benoit was a member of St Jo seph's Catholic Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 661 and the Salem Elks Lodge. He served in France during World War I. ' Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nell Benoit of Salem; and step children, Mrs.'Wilda Gutherless, Seattle, Paul Williams, Roseburg, Mayaard Williams, U. S. Mer chant Marines; sister, Mrs. Cath line Bakeer, Seattle. ' The W. T- Rigdon Co. .is in charge of the service. ' . . Y Federal Aid for Springfield' Schools Approved SPRINGFIELD A federal erant of til 4.500 for Construction of 10 additional classrooms at two grade schools in Springfield School uistnct no. 19 was approved Wednesday. The district plans to build six new classrooms at the West Side school and four at me Page school. School officials said the monev was made available under a law providing assistance to. districts experiencing increased enrollment. A survey here revealed there were about 800 children of school age in families of federally employed workers, or those wnrkin? An federal projects. About 200 are cmwren or workers on the Lookout Point Dam project The Safety Valve SIGNALS EXPLAINED To the Editor: ' ; Several : correspondents have recently written letters which have appeared ia your column, concerning Salem's rather new "walk-wait" light system at numerous downtown - intersec tions. These 1 letters represent sincere complaints about a prob lem which has veed many people. The city administration, by means of printed pamphlets, newspaper and radio releases, and police car loud speakers, has attempted to explain the ' new "walk-wait" lights, but it is ap- ' parent that we have missed many people. At most intersec- 'tions in the downtown area the "walk" light Js on for about 10 seconds. The signal then changes to "wait" for about 15 seconds. The average pedestrian crosses the average street in about 20 seconds. The purpose of tie "walk" light is that of a "starting" sig nal. ..A pedestrian Starting on "walk" uses both the "walk" and "wait" period for the crossing of the intersection and thus it is not necessary nor possible to complete the crossing of the in tersection on the "walk" period alone. . Traffic experts consider these new type signals to. be the best means of helping both pedestrian and motorist at . busy intersec tions. - Any of our citizens desiring further explanation of these sig nals may call, at the city hall for a pamplet, or one will be mailed upon request I am in hopes that this explanation will be of as sistance to readers of . this column. Al Loucks Mayor of Salem Shryock's SKIMS! S SWIIl SUITS gS SPORT COATS S SPORT SHIRTS SS GAUCHO SHIRTS ENTIRE CrTiri A TTf tf 1 TC STOCK m t m AT 72 PRICE Open Mon. L Fit Til 9 p.m. Solon Opposes AEC Power Contract Plan "WASHINGTON U) -Sen. Ander son (D-NM) Wednesday night in troduced legislation to prevent the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from negotiating a private utility contract for power to be delivered to the Tennessee Valley Authority UVA. Anderson offered his plan as an amendment to a bill revising the atomic energy law. It was intro duced after an hours-long speech during which he criticised the pro posed power contract which Presi dent Eisenhower has directed the AEC to negotiate with a private utility fkm. Three members of the commission had opposed the plan. Sen. . Gore (D-Tenn) suggested earlier that the law be revised to make sure the AEC "cannot be overruled by a telephone call from the White House." i Under the President's plan, the AEC would contract for 600,000 kil owatts of private power to be de livered to the TVA at Memphis, Tenn., in return for TVA power the AEC receives at its Paducah, Ky., plant . -.;... Anderson's amendment would limit the AEC's authority to sign power contracts to those lor power to be delivered directly to atomic plants. , ? . It also would limit any cancella tion costs to the actual loss suf fered by the private utility group and would require the AEC to sub mit any power contract to the Joint Atomic Energy Committee before it is signed. Anderson told the Senate he was not asking for contract veto power for: the Joint Committee, but in sisted mat group should have the right to look over any contract at least 30 days before it would be come effective. He said the cancellation clauses in the proposed contract would per mit the private utility combine to collect 40 million dollars in dam ages and gain full control of all power involved in a period of from one to live years if the contract were cancelled. Defense Office Backs Area's Dam Projects WASHINGTON m Early con struction of five Oregon-Washington power, dams has been recom mended by the Office of Defense Mobilization, Rep. Coon (R-Ore), said Wednesday. He said they rare John Day. Priest Rapids and Rocky Reach Dams, all on the Columbia River; Cougar Dam on the McKenzie Riv er and Green Peter on the Santiam. He said the recommendation was based on Northwest power needs. Coon said the endorsement now goes to the President's Council of Economic Advisors. If approved there, he said, it should give prior ity in Congress to legislation au thorizing construction. Legislation has been introduced proposing that all five of the proj ects be built in partnership with local interests. The Priest Rapids bill was. sent to the White House Tuesday, and the Cougar proposal has cleared the House and now awaits Senate action. i BRIDGE OPERATION NEW YORK UB Brooklyn bridge has been restored to full use after a four-year modernization over haul whirh rnst ceven million dol lars. Once the 71-year-old struc- . . . . j fu ture naa a central promenaue iur naifectrian and individual lanes for elevated trains, trolley cars wagons and cattle, it now nas ine walkway and six traffic lanes. . GSIC Summer -- I la the l Capitol Shopping f. Center i -