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4-Sc. 1)-Strtesman, Salem, Ore Wednesday, June 1, ItSS GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty (Dreaontaf esiaan 'No Favor Sways Vt. No Tear Shell Awe '- Imm First SUtesnsaa. Marta tl. lttl ; Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGU& Editor and Publisher Puousntd . every Doming. Busrnoos - ot&eo SB . Worth Churcn Si, Salem. Pro. Telephone ' entered at Us ponomct at Salem. Ora. ao would clan matter under act oi Congress Marco a. 'I ' ft Member AuocUUfi Preti Tba Anodiid Praaa la eatitl xenrrly to tha aae tot repubUcatioo of ail Meal aawa printed to . tbia oeersDaneT. Desegregation Must Proceed De-segregation in schools does not become v fait accompli as a result of Tuesday's su preme court decision but it will make it more 'difficult for such states- as Georgia, Missis--sippi, South Carolina and Louisiana to main tain the discrimination which they have in listed is their right.. . . v . The first three stateshave new laws per mitting abolition' of public schools and the substitutiop of so-called' private systems fi nanced by the commonwealths themselves. Louisiana has a law requiring' police to en ; force segregation. As for the latter case the ; court declared invalid all federal, state and local laws that require or even, permit racial ' segregation in schools. ' - Tuesday's decision will not suit those who demanded that the court set a definite dead ' line to end segregation, nor will it suit those who maintained there should be no further prodding beyond the mere decision of a year ago when segregation was held unconstitu , tional. But it comes closer to pleasing the. latter grdup than the former. It sets no dead- line, merely saying segregation should end "as soon as practicable." ! . There is no doubt that what might be termed an indefinite verdict will lead to' in terminable litigation as time goes on. But with segregation formally held unconstitu tional, and withthe court definitely order ing compliance, those who have fought racial - discrimination have plenty of ammunition to ; compel states and school boards to take action whenever such compulsion is indicated. : ; . All the Tuesday decision did was to clarify, . at least to some extent, the only rational an ;' terpretation which could or should have been : put. on its historic decision of May, 1954. Prejudice and custom unwind slowly. The supreme court has recognized that fact It has also left to local governments the deei ' fion asto how fast or how slowly the un winding should proceed so long as it pro- : eeeds. Vigilance is needed to thwart stalling. Jusficc No "Faror" ttnless one is to credit the Chinese Red regime with "more .sincerity than attends Russian "softenings,"' the release of four American fliers is a puzzler. They are said by the Reds to have "admitted their crimes and expressed remorse." They were charged with intruding into Manchuria. But U other American airmen whose B-29 was shot down in 1953 are charged with "espionage' and are serving 4 to 10 year sentences. The supposition is that by piece-meal re lease of prisoners, who by the Korean truce were to have been 'freed, two years ago, the Reds think they can better capitalize on world propaganda. Every time their Moscow guides believe the strings of tension should be relaxed, the freeing of a few Americans (of whom the Chinese still hold somewhere between 50 and 500) can do the trick. In the meantime, they still have enough hostages to serve s a weapon. It appears merely that the Chinese will release Americans if and when they determine such releases best serve their own purpose. The explanation as to .why India's Menon was chosen ( to announce the release of the first four Is another question, At least they are released, and while certainly we don't accept the idea that such' action was in any ' way merely a "small favor," at least we can be thankful for its result. We aren't looking for any "favors"; we'd be well satisfied with a modicum of plain justice and fairness if such is within Red possibility. So far, there ' seer is Jittle reason to suspect these attributes had anything to do with this week's welcome news." v' if ' li thtm wig mmmth timm traf mmk dmk aw at ft " JBba Bt Hgbf 1 , - . 7 . to owl M tkfm , ." -llie (impelling Will to Win ''-"-- . ' The crowd got what most of it came for at f tndianapolis Monday a thrill. It was more ' of a thrill than most wanted. The 500-mile race was the bloodiest in the event's 25-year history. Veteran Bill Vukovich died in the flaming wreckage of his car and six other , persons were hurt including Cal Niday whom many in Salem will remember from his ap pearances in the Hollywood Bowl here. - I The tragedy won't affect the future of the Classic, unless - it's to attract even larger Crowds. Neither will it deter drivers nor lessen participation. The competitive instinct itself is virulent, compelling acclaim " lis ' inu-uc, and financial rewards are high. The Memorial Day classic in Indiana will remain tone of the greatest sports events of the year. - There will be study as to how to make it more . safe, but as long as there are men and races, ; safety won't be the by-word of participants. ' They're out to win. We would hardly want to change it, but the consequences ofttimes are . tragic This is one of those times. OurGuesU . . National conventions are not strange to Salem, but neither are they frequent. So it is with specials pleasure and pride that the city . welcomes delegates to the American Jersey Cattle Club parley now underway here. The several hundred delegates come from ail -parts of the nation and manyof them are on T the; West Coast for the first time. As major " producers of a major food, they comprise an . important segment of population. We wish ' for them an enjoyable and profitable" time here in the Willamette Valley, and a most successful series of meetings.. . - ". Editorial Comment AIRPLANE BUILD-UP NOT WHOLE ANSWER The American people will approve last week's decision by the Air. Force to step up by. one third the production of the B-52 jet bomber. This is the 600-mile-an-hour heavy bomber, with 6000-mile range, that wonld in the extremity of war with Russia deliver retaliatory U.S. H bombs. . So long as the two nations sit glowering at each other across the ice cap, it is" well for this, nation to possess such planes in quantity; they have obvious deterrent value, serving notice that Russia Cannot hope to atomize the United. States, without being atomized in return. Thus, they are excellent insurance against a war of annihilation, and well worth .their cost, no matter how high. ' . -' The pity is, of course, that any such insurance Is needed. Yet the need has been newly estab ' lished, to the satisfaction of the Defense Depart ment, by the recent display of -Russian aviation over Red Square. Russians exhibited aviation of a design and quantity that indicated that they,, too, know about deterrents and insurance, and have the scientific, engineering and technical ability to provide them. v ( This was, perhaps, a blow to American smug ness, akin to the discovery in 1941 that Japanese . could, after alL fly airplanes. It wilL neverthe less, serve a useful purpose if it inspires re sponsible authorities to give due attention to full development of the wellspringi of American scientific, engineering and technical ability. , The necessity to speed up B-52 production to keep ahead of the Russians, who seem to have caught up with us, may also serve a useful pur pose. It may fortify the inclination, already ap parent in Washington, to evolve a disarmament plan that is acceptable all around and workable, to 'find a solution that solves the problem, in- " stead of enlarging it Meanwhile, nevertheless, it remains prudent to build B-52's. San Francisco Chronicle. Literary DIP HEBIla Guidepost HrcULL03 By W. G. ROGERS (Continued from page one.) Conference Continues Without Any Sign Tito Falling for Russian Comm Line By J. H. ROBERTS - , - " , . . AP News Analyst i The jitters withwhich the West Tern world watched the beginning r cl the Russian -Yugoslav talks seem to be dying oat as the days go on without any indication that Tito is falling for the Kremlin line. Of course, the West doesn't know what really may be happening. . ; 2iit the general atmosphere seems to be one of Yugoslav determina- iion not to have her independence "undermined. " : All the enthusiastic statements about the prospect for closer rela ' tions are coming from the Rus sians. .There are allorts of stories some perhaps apocryphal bout the reserve shown by Tito. ; ; The "mutual understanding" re ferred to in the Monday night com- ' jnunique' seems merely to mean 4hat the Russians have been given -to understand Yugoslavia will not again become a satellite.- There are also indications that "Tito has shown no intention of ex pressing any appreciation of Rus sia's newly - formalized military bloc in Eastern Europe, much less of joining it - , ; Indeed, this sentiment has been .openly expressed in the press both efore and during the conferences, 3md Yugoslavia is -going ahead as -usual with the Western military and . program while refusing it "from Russia. The widespread talk of neutralism is a primary subject yt the conference has died down. The rragleadership of Nikita hrushcbev, Russia's Communist yarty boss, accompanied by the submersion of Premier . Bulganin, indicates Russia's chief objective , was to get a statement of Yugoslav jdherenee to a common ideology with Russia. . " Z Tito seems in no mood to go llone. although there undoubtedly rill be a generalized statement at 2he end of the conference .whicn "will be interpreted by the Russian propagandists as thy see fit, be cause it won t really mean any thing. , '. In some respects, the atmosphere produced by the conferences has parallels with tnose prooucea oy the recent Asia-Africa conference at Bandung. ' The West exDected both to be dangerous, feared that both would be used by the Communists .to stir up anti-Western , propaganda. Instead, Bandung served to dem onstrate that the underdeveloped countries really had a better understanding of the world posi tion than they had been given credit for. . , Now Belgrade promises more evidence of. weakening Communist position. Time Flies: From , Tha Statesman Files 10 Years Ago June 1, 1945 On F. Mclntyre, manager and principal of Capital Business College, was re-elected to serve bet third term as president of' the Oregon Licensed Business Schools Association. ' Sixth division marines made a surprise amphibious landing on Okinawa's west coast, Oroku peninsula, and quickly captured half of big Naha airfield. The women of Eola sponsored their annual silver -tea, at the council to see Salem's municipal bridge building program finish ed. Action was taken to com plete the program which struck a snag last falL Ralph Hamilton, Bend, by vir ture of being speaker of the house of representatives of the Oregon Legislature, is serving . as chief executive during the ab sence of Governor Norblad. 140' Years Ago 1 , 'jonel, U15 ' In response to an appeal from C Q. DevoL acting chairman of home of Mrs. E. L. Herrell on?-; '""f r,nn 7; t h.'n.n .;r).. Th- oast ?. people of Oregon come to j-w v m winter the club has been atcive in Red Cross, sewing and mak ing afghans for the army hos pitals. , 25 Years Ago -June 1, 1930 . Stirred by the slaying of eight persons and .the wounding -of four others in gang outbreaks, Chicago police began one of the most energetic gangster clean ups in the history of the city. More than 100 alleged gangsters are in jail. June weather, appeared to conspire with a desire on the part of the majority of the city the aid of the . starving men, women and children in Mexico. Gov. WKhycombe called a meet ing of the Oregon Red Cross. - 'Little Miss Dorothy Brant entertained ten little girls on her birthday at her home on. Church Street Those present in cluded Dorothy and Prudence .Patterson, Margaret Stoltx, Len - ta Baumbartner and Will eta Welch. Meeting at the Salem Library, the Pacific Northwest Library association elected to head the association. Herbert Killam, head of the Provincial Library of British Columbia, and Miss Cornelia Marvin, Oregon State librarian. . higher education budget came out with a five-page memoran dum analyzing the budget and making certain recommenda tions. By vote of seven to six of the whole committee it was adopted and has been transmit ted to the offices of the board and the heads of the several institutions. The presumption is that the memorandum should have binding effect on the ac tions of the board and the in stitutions under its control. There is no basis in law for such a presumption, and it would be a serious mistake on the part of the board to credit it with any such authority. . Insofar as the memorandum is a guide to the whole commit tee in the discharge of its duty of determining the appropri ations for higher education, it is quite in order; and much of it is devoted to tnat purpose. , But it should have been kept in the files of. the committee, not transmitted as expressive of legislative intent to the state board. " 'Where the subcommittee really got over into administra tion is where it scaled down the allowance for academic salary increases and then recommend ed that the amount allowed be provided "principally through reductions in the reauest for an additional 173 teaching staff members to care for increased enrollment This was to be done through - increase in the student-teacher ratio. This clearly is a matter for the edu cational administrators to de cide. Again the memorandum urged cutting the scholarships for foreign students in half. This program already is very limited and has consisted in granting free tuition to some foreign stu dents. It adds virtually nothing to the expense of the institu tion, and doesn't deprive it of income because ' the students would not come otherwise. In view of the effort to promote f international understanding it seems rather petty to whack in two the number from foreign countries admitted on a free- tuition basis.. Moreover, the matter is something that should be left with the administrative board, unless the legislature wants to write a law on the subject I repeat a criticism I have frequently voiced concerning as- . sumption of . unconstitutional authority by the emergency, board which is composed of .members of the -. legislature, principally those from the ways . and means committee. This re curs in HB. 728, for example, which appropriated nearly $10,- - 000,000 to the state . board of control for building construc tion. Section 2 is as follows: " S u c h appropriation shall ' constitute an appropriation to be available until expended; however, the Oregon State Board of Control shall not com mence idt troiMta or allow anv contract to be let for 'such pro jects without having the appro- ' yal of the Emergency Board. But nothing in the constitu tion or in the law setting up he Emergency Board gives it any such authority J I helped to phrase the amendment and tried to see that it was not in cluded. The Emergency Board has power to allot sums of money from funds, appropriated to .it by the legislature; but these are funds appropriated to the board of control, or in other ' instances to the state board of higher' education. This exercise of power to approve or disap- . . provt I is either a j legislative function or an administrative function. If the former, it con flicts with the orovision of the constitutions which forbids the delegation of legislative power (save, of course, as that is per mitted in a restricted way to the Emergency Board). If it is administrative, it violates the constitution which calls for, the separation of powers. Children of the Black-haired ' People. By Evan King. Rine- '--hart. V - ' - - .In a small remote Chinese town some years ago, before the new, raw, crude' China made much headway, there lived Third Immortal' Maiden, who was in fact no maiden at alL She had been married to Yu, but Li Precious as PearL a vil lage elder possessed of the ani mal gumption of a young man, had given her wine to drink and a beautiful robe to wear, and seduced her. That aliented her from Yu, but introduced her to the towns men. A spirit of prophecy seiz ing her, she began to tell the future while she also took to entertaining other gentry. She bought slaves, who entertained with her, and then sold them to houses in big cities. ' As ' the novel opens, she has fallen in love with Chang Iron Lock, peasant farmer, who comes to her hut not to see her but her. slave, Second Lass. The young1 couple hide, their affair . until Second Lass is with child, and then try to marry. The Maiden .resorts to all sorts of wiles to foil them. The author, who translated Laura Shaw's memorable "Rick shaw Boy," is familiar with the color and lore of Chinese life. Here are the farmer with his . earthy habits, the villager vic timized 'by superstitions and traditions, the Woman bound meanly by custom, the man en dowed with unfair advantages. The sights, sounds, smells and feel of a foreign land abound in these pages. It must also be said, however, , that all this fails somehow to add up to a novel. King seems to me to describe better than he evokes, to observe better than he creates. I relish this account, but I balk at calling it a novel. It is time to call a halt on legislation by memorandum and on delegation of extra power to the Emergency Board. Now is as good time as any to reject such attempts to exercise auth ority, and, if necesary, to take the case into court. This implies no reflection on the individuals who compose the Ways and Means commit tees and Emergency Boards. Usually, they are made up of some of the ablest legislators and most ' dependable citizens. They have yielded to the temp tation, however, to extend their authority. Able as they - are, they should limit their labors to . the field of legislation and not try to add administration to their duties or their powers. Shapely Red-HeadLosesLong Fight tq Keep Chicago Home CHICAGO Orl i A shapely, red headed waitress lost the final kick ing, weeping round Tuesday and was evicted from her I home on public land. j j For a year Lenena Davis, 32, a former ballet dancer, had stood off officials with .the aid of a pistol and three Afghan hounds. '. Her home wks on Chicago Sani tary District property along the Des Plaines river in j suburban Summit. District officials said they needed the land to complete a rail road spur to be used for dumping sludge. " j i Twice previously Miss Davis had shot at district ; workers, once wounding a tryck -driver, in trying to keep her home, a ; one-story frame house, i . !. There was no gunplay Tuesday. A dozen police, officers showed up. Some carried .pistols. Miss Davis was barefooted, wearing blue jeans and a red jacket She said she. had sold her pistol; i Constable Walter Dudek ordered her to pack and leave. She tried to stall and Dudek said: Oregon Polio Project Future Said. Bright PORTLAND iti - The outlook for Salk polio vaccination program in Oregon is f extremely bright a spokesman for the State Board of Health said jTuesday. He said reports received so far show 29,97S received first - shots under the mass inoculation pro gram of first land second grade pupils. Beporta from many count ies are SKeicny. ne saia. In Multnomah County some 3,911 received ihe first! shot That the spokesman said. Is about 64 per cent of those eligible, j ' In Portland the total was 206 of the 12,500 who had ' originally eigned for first shots.. This amounts to about 73 J per cent of eligibles. Lane County, reported at least 6,834 got first shots, which amounts to about 65 per cent of eligibles The spokesman said the state board had been advised by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis that ! any vaccine left over after first shots are ""given may be used for second shots. BOOKS COME BACK ST. LOUIS lW-A forgiveness day, on which the Sf. Louis Public. Lib rary accepted overdue books with no fines and rio questions asked, paid off. More-than 1,700 were re turned, including one overdue for 33 years. . j. Is ' ; ' "You've had a year. You've got to get out." Two state policemen held her as she kicked and flailed. An Animal Welfare League team took charge of the dogs. Miss Davis finally packed her belongings under the watchful eyes of the officials. District employes splashed oil on the house, and burned it to the ground. Miss Davis wept as she watched J She said she probably would move to a motor court near a restaurant where she works. Lloyd Hudspeth No w in Redmond I - j nt, JOHN DAY tf ' Lloyd C, Hudspeth, who came here V years ago and began building an extensive lumber and meat pack ing business, has moved t a Redmond. He will direct his business operations from here. He, started with the Seneca Lumber Co. and the Long Creek Lumber Co. Last year be built the Economy Packing Co. at : Long Creek. He has distributing plants at Hermiston, Prinevflle. Madras, Bend and Redmond. He added a Portland racking firm to big holdings a month ago. ' - SAVINGS ACCOUNTS At Salem Federal are: u0-SAFE: "ft, . ' i::- ;' Each saver's funds are insured Safe to $10,000.00 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Cor poration, i .. , ' ! x PROFITABLE: As account at Salem Federal will earn our current S" rate, payable June 30th and , December 31st V CONVENIENT: . Our office is t located at 860' State Street Salem, across from the Oart . Jiouse. - f fey';'-" "zzM 560 State St. Facing Courthouse Death Claims Mrs.Flqrea : Mrs. Mary Florea. 37, wife of Leo Florea of 4520 Monroe Ave., died Tuesday at home. 1 She had been in for some time. Arrangements are in charge of the Virgil T. Golden funeral home. TOOLS TAKEN ; . About $150 in tools 'was stolen from the Stayton Sand & Gravel Co. pirat Mehama over the week end. State Police reported Tuesday. a' OrtortG2tatf5man Pbont 44811 Snhscriptioa Sates By earner fan clam Daily and Sunday $ 15 per mo Daily only lis per mo. Sunday only JB wees By Man. Banday mlyi iio -aOvascc) Anywhera la U. a. $ 30 per me. . 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