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Tio U.S. Gtizenship for Churchill
Senator Sma then of Florida has said he
would introduce legislation to make Sir
Winston Churchill an "honorary?, citizen of
the USA. In the discussion attending the
suggestion a precedent was cited, that of
Marquis de Lafayette, Researchers in the
State department, however, failed to find
any confirmation of this ; report, though it
was found that Maryland conferred state cit
izenship on the Marquis who had fought un
der Washington for American independence,
and on his heirs "in perpetuity." Virginia
But not Congress. j
-There just is no such thing as "honorary
citizenship." One is a citizen of one country
or another, unless his country has been
washed out leaving himJ'stateless" as has
been true of thousands in the late years of
war and revolution.
It is true that Churchill is one-half Amer
ican, his mother having been born in this
country. As he remarked in an address in
the U. S. Senate in wartime had it been the
other way round, and his father an American,
he might have been a member of, that .body.
Churchill will not miss the distinction of
becoming an "honorary citizen" of the USA.
He knows he is held in high esteem here;
and we know the affection he holds for this
country. In fact he counts as one of his great
est achievements the obtaining of assistance
for his country from the United States
through the active cooperation of President
Roosevelt. As he smokes his seegars and sips
his brandy he can feel that the United States
served him and his country well in the crit
ical years, 1940 and after. -
of appre
the retir-
Changes on State Board
, Two recent changes in the membership of
the State Board of Higher Education call for
comment. Edgar Smith, of Portland, after
serving 16 years as board member, much of
the time as president, declined reappoint
ment In his place Governor Patterson named
Charles Holloway Jr.; Portland business man.
Last week G. F. Chambers of Salem offered
his resignation for personal reasons and
Bernard Mainwaring, editor and publisher
of the Capital Journal, Salem, was appointed
as his successor.
A word should be said by way
elation of the service rendered by
1 ing members. Edgar Smith took his duties
with great seriousness and devoted a large
measure of his time in performing: them. He
was genuinely devoted to the cause of high
er education and sought modifications in the
original system setup which would make the
institutions serve better the youth of the
state. ' r
Salem's Ted Chambers is a graduate of
OSC (Smith attended the UofO for several
years but took his degree at Cornell). Those
who thought that Chambers would be par
tial to his alma mater were fooled for he
never let loyalty to it qualify his judgment
on system matters. A man of clear judgment
with ripe business experience he proved a
valuable member. His recent assignment as
chairman of the building committee was a
recognition of his qualifications.
The successors: Holloway is a graduate of
the state university, is one of the younger
group of Portland businessmen (fuel and
ice), and has been very active in! civic af
fairs. Bernard Mainwaring is an OSC grad
uate but one who will bring no partisanship
to his work on the board. He has had ex
perience on boards of church-related, colleges
in Oregon and Washington. The energy and
ability he has shown in the publishing field
and his active support of education! and civic
progress qualify him well for service on this
important board. j. I
' One of the most shocking incidents in the
career of foreign correspondents is-that" re
ported from Singapore where Gene Symonds,
United Press manager for Southeast Asia
was beaten and kicked to death by rioting
students. The mob dragged him from a taxi,
beat him with stones and clubs and left him
lying in the street. The police appear to have
been guilty of gross negligence. Symonds had
served as correspondent through most of
the Korean War and was doing his job as a
reporter trying to cover a strike-riot situa
tion in Singapore when he was set upon.
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Editorial Comment
A FAMILY OF MOUNTAINS
Out of a battle organization has developed
Ffiends of the Three Sisters Wilderness, Inc.
It is a group originally formed to fight the
move by the U. S. Forest Service to reduce the
wilderness area from 246,000 to 196,000 acres.
Strong testimony in behalf of retention of the
area at its present size and along its present
boundaries was developed at a hearing in Eugene
in February. I
That testimony is now being reviewed by for
est officials and a decision may be expected by
mid-year. '
But in the meantime the group that spear
headed the fight to retain the present boundaries
of the area which has s its central feature the
Three Sisters and the Cascade skyline, finds it
self free to join in other activities.
Friends of the Three Sisters Wilderness for
mally incorporated at a meeting in Eugene this
past week and named a veteran Oregon moun
taineer and educator, Karl W. Onthank, as its
president and charted plans for extensive scien
tific research in the virgin land.
One of the objectives of the group will be to
educate the public in the proper use of this and
other wildnerness areas. " i
But more generally Friends of the Three Sisters
Wilderness will be concerned with studies that
will bring to the attention of Oregonians that in
the Three Sisters country is a region of park-like
beauty a region formed by volcanic action and
sculptured by great glaciers. Bend Bulletin.
'Scientific7 Poll Indicates Eisenhower to I
Seek Reelection in Face of GOP Pressure
Passing of the Third Avenue El
Eyes of denizens of Third avenue, New
York, soon will blink as the sunshine comes
straight through after the lapse of three
quarters of a century when it was filtered
through the tracks and trestles of the Third
Avenue Elevated. The last train has made v
its run from lower to upper New York City.
The ' antiquated structure with its quaint
buses will replace the El for local transit.
The El started down in old Chinatown,
crossed the ' famed Bowery, came uptown
past flats and shops and stores and on into
the Bronx. A trip for its length, gave one a
"bedside" picture of how many of New York's
citizens lived, and an overhead view of the
street traffic below: the pushcarts, the . side
walk displays, the crowds. Kids were; seen
playing in the streets and hanging onto the
fire escapes, and washings were always in
evidence. ..
A similar view though of shorter length
may be had from New York Central trains
after they emerge from the tunnel into Grand
Central station and course through Harlem,
but travel will be quite different for those
who long have been patrons of the old El. Of
course if they are too niuch aggrieved they
might move to Chicago where the Elevated is
still firmly established, now under municipal .
ownership along with the street cars and
buses. 0
I to put Vv7
ate on a I
By STEWART ALS0P
WASHINGTON Whether
President Eisenhower will run
again in 1956 is sure to be
debated endless
ly, until the
President him
self gives the
' deciding word.
Pending that
time, this re
porter has at
tempted to put
the debate
slightly
ugnuy more Stewart AUp
scientific basis, ' r
by taking a one-man poIL
In a long day en the tele
phone, 20 Senators and 20 news
paper reporters were reached
an adequate sampling, accord
ing to polling theory. There
seemed to be more Republicans
than Democrats with their noses
to the grindstone, so the final
proportion among Senators was
12 Republicans to 8 Democrats
AH interviews were "not for
attribution," to promote candor.
The answers to the question
"Will Ike ran?" broke down as
follows:
Flat, confident no: Two Dem
ocrats, two newspapermen, no
Republicans. .
Hesitant no: One Democrat,
four newspapermen, still no
Republicans. .
Flat, confident yes: Seven
Republican, one Democrat, five
newspapermen.
Hesitant yes: Four Republi
cans, four Democrats, eight
newspapermen.
Unupsettable fence-sitter: One
Republican. .
Stern refusal to participate:
One newspaperman.
This works m about "15 per
cent "yes," US per cent "no,"
and 5 per cent no answer. The
heavy majority view that the
President will ran was perhaps
aot very surprising. Yet the
pulse-feeling did develop some
features worth remarking.
Except for one cynical news
paperman who. thought , the
President's supposed reluctance
was an 'act. everybody assumed
-"that the President really did
not want to run. Why should
more than seven out of ten
think he would run, despite his
own genuine inclinations?
Part of the answer is fonnd
la another very general belief.
Two Democratic Senators and
a conple of reporters thought
that the President might be
beaten. But almost everyone
else agreed in substance with
Democratic Senator who has him
self beeu spokes of as a White
House possibility:
"For the first time, just in
the past two or three weeks,
I've begun to think he might not
go. But I still just can't see how
anybody we put up( he'd knock
his head off. and if they put any
one else up. we'd knock his, head
off. So the Republicans just
can't let him go to Gettysburg."
Over and over again, ia one
form or another, came the
phrase: "He ea1 resist the
pressure." The Republicans nat
urally tended to put the matter
on a 'high plane. "Ike's a sol
dier," said oae Republican who
spoke for the rest, "and he's
got a4remeadoas sense of duty.
He knows he owes it to the coua
try and the Party to run, and
he's never shirked a duty yet."
The reporters and the Demo
crats tended to be more cynical.
One literary Democrat compared
the President to the reluctant
lady in Byron's "Don Juan,"
who, "whispering I will ne'erj
consent,' consented." A reporter,
no admirer of the President, had
this to say: "Ike's really a pliant
kind of guy, at least about poli
tics look at the '52 and S4 cam
paigns, TheyH really hold his
feet to the fire this time, and
in the end hell go."
Oae of the two Democrats who
flatly predicted that the Presi
dent would not run had aa odd
explaaatiea: . "Shucks, I like
'golf too, and I'm up la 'SC. Sap
pose I'd already made up my
mind not to run again, why, I'd
be out on the course half the
- time. But I want it, and here I
am np here running myself
ragged. Ike's not running him
self ragged, not by a long shot."
If women's intuition is worth
anything, the majority is wrong.
Sen. Margaret Chase 1 Smith has
publicly voiced her doubts about
the President's running, and one
reporter's wife who; answered
the telephone agreed; "All the
women I know say no."
Yet her husband, 'a brilliant
White House reporter, spoke for
the male majority: ""Ike really
does love that farm, and he
really does hate Washington
he says so openly and Mamie
really does want him to retire.
But what can he possibly say
when the men he admires most
tell him: Mr. Preseident, you've
got to run, or everything you're
stood for Is lost.' "j
' The results of this; pulse-taking
were, obviously, even more
inconclusive, than usual, since,
the one .person who could give a '
' really authoritative answer was
not available for questioning. But
the interviews did suggest the
amazing extent to which Presi
dent Eisenhower now dominates
, the American political scene.
"The man's a great political
genius." one ro ported remarked.
"He does what no politician in
American history has been able
to do be makes hardly' any
enemies, only friends. And the
Republican party's not going to
let its one and only political
genius retire." j
(CoByrlfht 1955. New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.) .
LABORfS OF HERCULES
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Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Years Ago
May 15, IMS
A winter plot to assassinate
Gen Eisenhower, one of the European-theatres'
top military
secrets for months, was-disclosed
with the capture of a giant pro
fessional political kidnaper, Lt,
Col. Otto Skorzeny.
Maj. Stephen A. Stone, Jr., re
ported missing in action when he
failed to return from a flight over
Austria, in February, returned to
.military control, his parents Mr.
anad Mrs. Stephen A. Stone, Sa
lem, were notified.
Lt. Wilson Siegmund arrived
in Salem to spend a 30-day leave
with his wife, the former Mar
garet Savage, and two and a half
year old son Jimmy. Before en
tering the service be was an au
ditor with the Secretary of State.
25 Years Ago
May 15, 193
In Berlin Max Valier, German
pioneer in experiment and re
, search with rocket motors, was
injured fatally while working on
a model of a new liquid oxygen
rocket
The eighth" anniversary party
of the Salem Lions club was held
at the Elks Temple. William
Mott, who was the second presi
dent of the club, was chairman
of the committee and Frank Neer
the toastmaster.
Construction of a two-story con
crete addition to cost $60,000 was
announced by the Oregon Pulp
and Paper company with the
filing of papers asking that prop
erty owned by the S.P. and Ore
gon Electric companies on Trade
Street be vacated to allow the
erection of the new building.
40 Years Ago
May 15, 1915
An interesting meeting was
held by the parent-teacher circle
of the Lincoln school. Mrs.
Luther Chapin, president of the
association, presided. Taking part
in the program were: Macyl
Hunter, Ruth Jones and Mabel
Marcus.
On Court Street from front to
Cottage the Browning Amusement
concern put up its tents, the at
tractions being part of the Moses
tractions being part of the Moose
carnival.
All England was ringing with
the name of Miss Muriel Thomp
son, British nurse with the Bel
gian soldiers, who had been dec
orated by King Albert with the
order of Leopold. She went into
the trenches : under the . fire of
German guns and carried out
wounded Belgian soldiers.
Literary Guidepost
By W. G. ROGERS
THE HERO OF SAINT ROG-.
ER. By Jerrald Tickeu. Double
day. The little Caribbean island of
Saint Roger! longs desperately
for the return of tourists scared
off by a hurricane, and hard
headed local businessmen come
up with a scheme: Lure them
back with a tale of a dead hero
' and, in the flesh, the very pret-,
ty girl supposed to have -been
his fiancee. Prefect Jules Latour
has mighUy little difficulty find
ing in Paris the girl for the prin
cipal role. The synthetic hero is
. made up of Jacques de Robot, a
long -vanished island ne'er-do-well.
Paris news photographers
do right by red-head Gabrielle,
and British, Russian and Amer
ican government hasten to claim
a piece of Jacques for their hon
or rolls, j
Though the story, turns a bit
lugubrious at the end, when
Tickell has one more hero than
we counted on, it's otherwise a
bright vacation-piece from a
Epular wintertime vacation
id. , .
(Continued from page I.)
without any trespass on patriot
ism, and the Handbook and the
organization through the years
emphasized this purpose. The
,1947 edition of the Handbook
paid this tribute to Mrs. Low:
"The concept of 'One World
had taken shape in her lively,
mind many years before the
phrase became common. She
: was one of the first true inter
nationalists." A pamphlet put out in Au
gust, 1954, ordered numerous
changes in the Handbook, and
this was substituted for the
above:
"The concept of 'interna
tional friendship' had taken
shape in her lively mind long
. before the phrase became fa
miliar to everyone."
Other changes have been
noted between the 1947 and
later editions.' For instance: .
Description of the insignia.
1947: ". . . the trefoil rests on
a flamelike base, the flame of
love of mankind, , symbolizing
the highest thoughts of inter
national friendship." The 1953
edition ends the sentence with
"mankind."
Doing a good turn is expected
of Girl Scouts as well as Boy
Scouts, but between 1947 and
1953 the range of sympathy
seems to have narrowed. The
former edition said: "Scouts
and Guides all over the world
are known for their willingness
to help other people." The 1953
version omitted the phrase "all
over the world." Helping other
people now is to be selective, it
would seem.
Even -the 1953 revision was
not deemed adequate. For the
instruction it contained: "Serv-
ice is your, way of making this
a better world in which to live,"
was later ordered changed to
"Service is your way of making
a contribution to your commu
nity." (An immediate call would
seem necessary for a revision
of the New Testament, making
Mark 16:15 read: "Go 'ye . .'.
and preach the gospel ...").
Evidently the League of
Women Voters is suspect, for
when in the 1953 Handbook.it
was mentioned three times as
a source of information on gov
ernment in the August pam
phlet reference to the League
was deleted.
united us into a family of inter
dependent nations.' Twenty
nine lines in warm espousal of
the United Nations on these
particular pages were reduced
to seven lines, cold and non
committal In the 100,000 Hand
books sold since the 'correc
tions' of last August, there is
in this section a completely
blank page (page 229) repre
senting the thirty lines cut out
of My World.' "
(From this it looks as though
we should revise our geogra
phies, too, and confine maps
and references to the USA, per
haps with Canada added.)
We shouldn't scold the exec
utives of the Girl Scouts. They
were panicked when a critic,
particularly one as powerful as
the Illinois American Legion
got their Handbook in line of
fire. (The . national American
Legion took no note of the mat
ter.) The Girl Scout is depend
ent on very general support. It
cannot afford to fight battles
over ideology with any group.
The affair serves as a meas
ure of the fear that has gripped
many in America. It is the end
result of McCarthyism. The il
lustrations given of the vigor
ous effort to purge the Girl
Scout Handbook of any taint of
"internationalism" are enough
to make an intelligent person
laugh; and that gives hope that
a balance of judgment will be
restored. But how long are we
to take counsel i of our fears
rather than our strength? If
we become so timid that we re
fuse association j with folk of
other lands and so craven that
we blanch when the word "in
ternational" is used, then are
we in danger of collapse from
sheer fright Fortunately the
signs indicate that the climate
is changing. Maybe in a year
or two the Girl Scouts can be
told there are other countries
than our own, and that we do
not have to hate and fear all
of them.
Safety
Valve
(Editor's Not! Letters for Tko
Statesman's Safety Vahrt rolumm
r (lTa prtr coBsideratlM tt
they art laiorsMttvo ana art not
wore than Me words ia lensth.
Personal attacks and . ridicule, as
weU as HheL ar t ha arolded. bat
. anyone Is enUUed to air beliefs and
pinions e any aid of any ut
tioa.) School Taxes
To the Editor:
For the sixth year straight
running the people of the Mar
ion County Rural School Dis
trict (so-called) have voted
down the part of their budget
outside the 6 per cent limita
tion. This should convince our
tax equalization friends that we
do not for one moment accept
the idea that the property tax
levy should be uniform regard
' less of the income of the tax
payer or o4 the services pro
vided by the local school
We want local control of our
schools and should be willing to
raise half of our budget by local
taxes. But the property tax is
most unfair in a district, 6r
county, where there are many
people with adequate income
and little taxable property and
where there are also many peo
ple with inadequate income but
much taxable property.
The local district should be
allowed to collect half of their
local tax from income and half
, from property. The county
could do the same. We in Ore
gon could have it that way if
we would. A state fund from in
come alone or from income and
, sales could provide half the op
erating costs of all our schools
and also give substantial aid to
any districts unable to provide
housing.
More money for schools is a
must Anyone know how to
"bell the cat"? Will we keep on
asking our neighbors to pay our i
bills? Or will we do for our-j
selves according to our income
Instead of according to our
property assessment?
Those responsible for the in
creased enrollment should be al
lowed to pay at least part of
the increased costs.
W. R. Baker
Rt 5, Box 482
- Salem, Ore.
No More Power
Cuts Expected
PORTLAND HI nY more cut
in interruptible power need be ex
pected through the summer, Bon
neville Power administrator Wil-
uam a. rean cas reported. '
On Thursday night Bonneville
ended interruptible power cuts
which were put into effect earlier
this spring because of high elec
tricity consumption and low water
supplies. -
Earlier this year interruptible
power dump ower which is sold
to aluminum companies was re
duced 75 per cent
Warmer weather has unproved
the situation, reducing electricity
consumption and increasing
stream flows. Pearl reported.
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Quoting Bagdikian:
"A section' devoted to 'My
World' (formerly 'One World')
in September contained 65 lines.
In August it was cut down to
33 lines. What came out were
such things as the fact that cof
fee comes from Brazil olives
from Spain, toys from Japan,
wool from England, watches
from Switzerland.' Gone were
such sentences as 'Cablegrams,
telegrams, radiograms have also
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