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WiU He or Won't He?
What a fuss a few words from persons in
public life can stir up. When Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith told Republican women
she hoped, Eisenhower would run again but
wouldn't blame him if he didn't, it produced
t f tinting spell among GOP bigwigs, espec
ially when Roy Roberts of the Kansas City
Star said after a visit with the President that
he thought Ike would prefer not to run.
Why not look back four yearsl You will
recall the agitation and apprehension over
whether Eisenhower would or would notrun
for President. The signs accumulated that he
would and he did. Now there are really no
signs as to what his intentions are. His last
word was that he hadn't given the matter
much consideration and would tell reporters
what his decision would be later on. We
think it is still safe to assume he will run
again- The purported delights of Gettysburg
may be attractive; but few men relinquish
power voluntarily after they have exercised
- It. Moreover. Eisenhower has a hieh sense of
public duty, and the steady dinning in his
ear that the country, not to say the GOP,
needs him for another four years will have
an effect just as similar pleas did prior to the
convention of 1952.
What might cause him to lay down the
burden of office (aside from imperative de
mands of health of himself or his wife) would
be t sense of fulfillment. If the USSR and
the West really come to decent terms for co
existence, then Eisenhower might feel he
could bow out safely. You can put in a pig's
eye all those who anticipate such a deal with
Russia. So we have little fear that come
1957 Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower will patronize
that "Gettysburg Address" which the Dem-
. ocrats have been slyly urging on him for
some months. -
Mountains East and !West
- - Salem folk know George P. LaBorde as an
investment broker and as an enthusiastic
member of the Chemeketans, outdoor hiking
club. Now they must get acquainted with
him as author. From the Vantage Press, New
York, comes a copy of his "The Heavens De
clare, " a neatly-printed, cloth-bound book of
nearly 100 pages. It really divides into two
parts: Mountains east and mountains west,
with the second World War in between.
Born in Salem, Mass., LaBorde seems early
in life to have been attracted to the White
Mountains of New Hampshire the Bald
faces, ML Clinton, ML Garfield to the west,
and then to the Adirondacks in northern New
York. After the war he moved to Salem,
Ore., which is near the higher mountains of
, the western ranges. His descriptions range
from the Tetons to ML Whitney and to ML
Baker and the Olympics. He writes in very
readable style which reflects his deep sym
pathy with Nature and its wondrous works.
His closing paragraph reads:
"Mountaineers learn that the inconvenience
of fatigue is quickly forgotten. Memory re
tains most vividly the radiance of dawn, the
. exaltation of the summit, and the whisperings
of the Illimitable." , i '
That is the spirit of the book, and it sup
plies the explanation of why men, and wom
en, too, toil up mountainsides to the summit,
and then come down again. "
Walter Dry, superintendent of the state
school for the blind, is one of those able yet
very practical educators whose work, because
of its nature, doesn't get widespread recogni
tion. Now the Oregon Council for the Blind
has awarded him a plaque. It is a testimony
of the high regard held for him personally
and for his leadership in education of the
blind by those who keep in close touch nvith
work for the' sightless. "
The strike against Southern Bell Telephone
lasted for 68 days, the longest in history
against an AT&T subsidiary. Both sides are
said to have "made concessions" in the prog
ress of negotiations. Perhaps if they had
made them earlier the strike could have been
avoided. That's the troublewith a strike: the
Issues still remain to be settled. .
A former "government inspector now ad
mits he got a deep freeze from a concern in
terested in government contracts. He was
ahead of some of the others who got deep
freezes. His was full of meat.
Presbyterians whose general assembly is
meeting in Los Angeles want a ban to be put
on atomic warfare. Okay, but who will po
lice the ban?
As more anti-polio vaccine is cleared for
use the doctors are getting ready to Salk it
to 'em, the school children, we mean.
Editorial Comment
SHADOWS
Shadows is back, a little slicker and a little
less outspoken than it used to be. Shadows is
the magazine put out at 2605 State St, Salem,
home of the state penitentiary. It had ceased
publication as part of the new warden's "tight
ening up" program. Now, subdued, it's back.
It is edited, we note, by a former newsman
who was unfortunately given to exercising his
talent for fiction on his checkbook. He's putting
out a good little magazine, serious in spots and
humorous in spots with that grim humor that
only , a person behind the 30-foot wall really
understands. .
Gone, however, are the gripes about parole
practices which were once the stock-in-trade of
Shadows. An editor's note invites inmates to con
tribute, but warns them that their gripes about
how rough they're being treated are not wanted.
The man behind bars, says the note, should have ,
thought about the rigorous prison life before he
got sent up. And, it adds, it win be something
for him to think about when he gets out
We're glad to see the publication back, even
without the frankness that characterized it under
the previous prison administration. Prison pub
lications, we believe, shed a great deal of light
on the prison problem generally. And of course
the more loosely supervised they are, the more
light they shed. However, as the new warden
told us a year ago when we discussed Shadows
with him, the magazine is primarily for the in
mates, not for do-gooders on the outside.
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Neuberger Originates Coon Debate Plan;
Latter Strikes Back at 'Keep-Awa'Solons
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Special)
The prospective .debate between
Sen. Richard L.1 Neuberger (D
Ore.) and Rep. Sam Coon (R-
Ore.) on the
question of
Coon's 'John
Day dam "part
nership" bill
was born in the
mind of Neu
berger along
side a lingering
doubt that Coon
really knew
what he was
proposing for
A. ftekcrt Smita tne big John
Day Kiver dam.
It all began many weeks ago
when a lobbyist at Salem for one
of the private power companies
handed out copies of a speech he
said Congressman Coon had de
livered in Congress that day in
conjunction with introducing the
John Day "partnership" wilL
As it turned out. Coon hadn't
made the speech that day or in
troduced the bin. Over a week
later, however, he did make it on
April 21 and unveiled the new
John Day proposal Simultane
ously in Portland, officials of
three utility eomnanies. Pacific
Power and LighL Portland Gen
eral Electric and Washington wa
ter Power, announced details of
the scheme under which they
would nut uo the cost of the pow
er investment in the multi-purpose
project as provided in
Coon's bill. f
The highly complex bDl and a
section-by-section analysis, togeth
i er with Coon's speech, were
i handed out to reporters here by.
power companies, indicating
clearly fhey had not been pre
pared y the congressman from
Baker.
When Neuberger came out
against the new "partnership'
bul. Coon struck back with a pre
pared statement in which he
called Neuberger and Sen. Wayne
Horse (D-Ore.) "Oregon's keep
away senators." He charged the
Democrats, who want the federal
government to build John Day,
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of the project "to use it as a po
litical issue in their 1956 cam
paign."
Neuberger became convinced
ht fnnn wasn't the author of hit
own press releases but was hav
ing them written for him, which
led him to wonder whether Coon
. fcnew what he mi talkina about
eonctrniax John Day dun. Ha de
cided the way to find out was
challenge him to a debate.
"It seems to me the nnhlle ic
entitled to facta and not to epi
thets and name-callinr " Nfn.
berger told Coon in a letter bear
ing his challenge.
When the Pendleton Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Ontario rhamhpr 1umn1 in with
invitations to both lawmakers,
and both accepted, the debate
was set Coon sue ee-ted one res
ervation that if the bffl has
been enacted into law by fall, it
will be a moot question for pub
lic debate. Even the congressman
concedes, however, that it would
tase a miracle to speed it
through both chambers before
the summer adjournmenL No
hearings have been held yet on
the bill in the House, and no one
has Introduced it in the Senate
where Neuberger and Morse
have vowed to fight iL
When Neuberger suggested
that it looked like Coon was try
ing to dodge his chaUente. Coon
declared: "HI be glad to meet
Dim anytime, any place, at any
crossroads in eastern Oregon."
Neuberger, who writes his own
speeches but doubts that Coon
does, said he was gratified that
the prospects are good for the
face-to-face debate being held.
"WeTl get him out in the mid
dle of the ring, away from his
handlers, and then see how he
does," declared Neuberger.
Both Coon and .Neuberger say
their debate wiU be limited to
the eastern side of the Cascades,
the district Coon represents in
the House. All the state needs to
complete the picture would be a
western Oregon series of debates
between Morse and Rep. Harris
Ellsworth (R-Ore.).
Ellsworth came out punching
at Morse and Neuberger even be
fore Coon, calling their hard and
fast stand in behalf of federal
power development a. "reaction
ary' attitude. He, too, is sponsor
ing a "partnership' bill for Cou
gar and Green Peter dams which
is opposed by Morse and Neu
berger. Though they often ex
change political potshots through
press releases, Morse and Ells
worth have never debated face-to-face.
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Reds Probing
Methods of
Dividing West
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
AP Foreign News Analyst
This wQl be a summer of intense
diplomatic activity at high levels.
While this may have a tendency in
the West to deflect attention from
what is going on elsewhere, the
Russians will be exploring every
possibility, however remote, for di
viding the Western camp.
A number of recent develop
ments testify to this. One is the
attitude of the Russians in Ber
lin on the Western appeal tor
Moscow's intervention on the road
tax issue.
Another is a new pronouncement
by Maurice Thorez, secretary gen
eral of the French' Communist
Party, which lays down the line
frequently for European Commun
ists. In Berlin, the West asked the
Russians to step in and prevent
"blackmail" taxes on vital truck
traffic to and from West Berlin,
an isolated island in, the Soviet
Zone of Germany. Soviet Ambassa
dor Georgi Pushkin shrugged off
the plea.
He told his Western counterparts
the exorbitant taxes imposed by
the Communists seven weeks ago
were solely the responsibility of the
German Peoples Democratic Re
public. That government is a So
viet puppet
The Russian move is logical
enough. Recently the Communists
put forward the slogan "Germans
must sit around the same table to-
gether. The Communists are try
ing to force recognition of their
East Zone government by obliging
the federal republic at Bonn to
negotiate with it
Once the ice is broken, the imp
lication is that there can be nego
tiations on other issues, too, includ-
ing all-German elections and re
unification of Germany.
That does not mean that the
Communists intend to permit free
elections, but it does mean that
they are attempting to use the
promise as a means of slowing
down West Germany's contribu
tion to NATO, of which it recent
ly became a member.
The West German Social Demo
crats and representatives of the
powerful: West German trade un
ions have been demanding that all
possible avenues toward reunifi
cation be explored before West
Germany is rearmed. The offer of
such an avenue could mean long
delay.
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In France the Communist Party
Central Committee has just held
an important session at which tac
tics for the new European
campaign were polished up'. This
foreshadows an attempt by Com
munists to participate once again
in the French and Italian govern
ments. The two countries are targets no
less important than Germany in
the drive to break up Western un
ity. European Communists recognize
they have no hope at this -time of
accomplishing their aims by revo
lutionary methods. They are re
viving the idea of legal, parliamen
tary action. And Communists are
ordered to woo the Socialists and
all elements of the left into a pop
ular front
The Communists, at Moscow's di
rection, have revived the line of 20
years ago, when the U.S.S.R. stood
in awe of the growing menace of
the Berlin-Tokyo-Rome axis.
Then the cry was for a "popu
lar front against fascism." Now it
, is for a "united front of the work
ing class against war policies and
atomic war preparations."
The Soviet Union is playing for
vitally needed time to build up its
potential and mend its economic
woes. Obviously, Moscow now fears
that by the time such tasks are
accomplished. Western unity will
be so solid that the huge Red build
up wul be insufficient to halt a roll
back in Europe.
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In most cases, the lice which
are parasites of mammals are
sucking lice and those which are
parasites of birds are biting lie.
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Years Ago
May 23, 1945
Bond sales realized through
the marionette shows of Beulah
Wilson's 5th grade room of En
glewood school totaled more
than $4300. Nearly 400 parents
and friends attended.
Mrs. R. M. Koenig, Route 5,
Salem, who had seven sons in
the service, was presented a cer
tificate by the Salem Chapter
No. American War Mothers and
' was made an honorary member
of the organization.
Harry Hopkins arrived by
plane at Moscow on a special
mission for President Harry
Truman. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins
were greeted by Vishinsky.
25 Years Ago
May 23, 1930
Dr. James A B. Scherber, di
rector of the Southwest Muse
um, announced the finding in
Gypsum Cave, Nevada, of addi
tional evidence that pre-historic
man roamed the American con
tinent probably 20,000 years
ago.
Ed Rostein led the field for
appointment to the water com
mission to administer the alfairs
of Salem's municipal water sys
tem. John Steelquist, 17, of Univer
sity High School, Eugene, was
selected to represent Oregon in
the Thomas A Edison scholar
ship contest in West Orange,
N..J.
40 Years Ago
May 231915
King Alfonso of Madrid of
fered the Escorial Palace to
Pope Benedict as a residence in
case the pontiff decided to leave
Italy during the war.
To prove his faith in the wis
dom of using Salem-Made prod
ucts, Louis A Lupton, adver
tising manager of Meyers store,
recently installed in his office a
desk made by TUlman Perrizo,
student in the manual training
department of. Salem High
School.
Since Gov. Withycombe be
came Oregon's chief executive
and put the brakes. on the se
of the pardoning power, the
population at the State Peniten
tiary had grown to 498.
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Possible Easing of Rlilitary
ure Seen bv Hie Aide
Press
BLAINE, Wash, tf! Nelson
Rockefeller says he thinks that
indications the Soviets are chang
ing their tactics means that free
countries may devote more time
to helping more 'dormant countries
through what he calls an awaken
ing period. . j
Rockefeller, a special assistant
to President Eisenhower, spoke to
a record gathering of 24,000 per
sons at the annual International
Peace Arch celebration at this
Canadian-U. S. border town Sun
day. " ' -j " -
"We may be on the eve of a new
situation in world affairs in which
the strictly military pressures of
Communist imperialism may be
lessened," Rockefeller sad.
' "It may be period where we
can and should apply on the inter
national front our precious spirit
of flexibility and boldness, inspired
by our fundamental belief in hu
man progress."
1 He said Sunday's Blaine meeting
should be attended by leaders of
all nations to demonstrate how two
nations can live in harmony.
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dations provided, and the con
cessionaires who operate facili
ties used by the public: ;
"The- Yellowstone Park Com
pany, for example, offers some i
of the worst accommodations of:
any major park entrepreneur.!
Unless you can afford to stay at
'the expensive inns maintained by
this company, you must rent a
shack a one-room cabin without
running water or bathing facul
ties containing . an ancient
wood stove and simple iron bed
stead. For these lodgings you
pay as much as for a modern
luxurious motel just outside the
park."
He wants the concession con
tracts revised and improvements
in facilities made.
Congress simply has not been
generous enough with the nation
al parks. This year, Secretary
McKay asked for more money.
Whether he is getting it or not is
not clear; but it surely is needed.
Where can one have as inspir
ing a trip as far as natural scen
ery is concerned than to the
Yosemite or the Grand Canyon or
the Yellowstone or to Mt. Rain
ier or Crater Lake? But visitors
are not happy if the roads are
narrow and in disrepair, if the
sleeping accommodations are
crude and still costly, j
Conrad Wirth, director of the
National Park Service and
brother of Salem's park superin
tendent, has been putting up a
fight for improvements, which
can come only through larger
appropriations. He needs the
help of the park customers, the
great American pubjic,1 in ob
taining the funds required 'for
catching up with past neglect and
anticipating imminent future
needs. As he told an appropria
tions subcommittee in behalf of
the parks.5 "The cost is very little
when you consider their value to
the nation." '
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