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(Sac 1)-SWMnn tataj Orif Clonehy, Jon 20, 1953 Wo Favor Sic ay Os. No Fear Shall AoT from first SUtesmasv March tt. 1851 Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A- SPKAUUE. Editor and Publisher Puousbed every Bionuni Business otfcee 0 North Church St . Salm ore. Tipfton 4-eSl Lnterea at Um postoUice at Stum, Ore. as sevo nd class matter unaei act o Conxrcss Marco X, 179. atember AssuciateO Press Tne Associated Press is ontmed ""j tor republication of ail local news printed ta this newspaper. House Rebellion Sometimes in the past the House appropri ations committee has been able to bring its bills in under the rule which permits no amendments. A bill may be rejected or re turned to the committee, but not amended on the floor. No such rule prevailed with the House committees bill on public works and reclamation projects, and when the smoke of battle cleafed from the House chamber the powerful appropriations committee had taken one of the wprst defeats in recent history. The House adopted amendments which added some 52 million to the committee allowances for civil works of the Corps of Engineers (rivers, harbors, flood control) and $32 mil lion more for reclamation. The revolt of members brought these re sults for Northwest projects: ' Appropriation of $ofx000 for planning the John Dsv project or the Columbia. Ar additional $5,250,000 for the work on The Dalles dam to equal the sum requested in the President's budget Increase of $2,000,000 in funds for Chief Joseph dam, and $200,000 more for Lookout rorerwr on. the Willamette. What hsopened was the quick resort to politickin" by members dissatisfied with the committee's actions. Undoubtedly there was logrolling between advocates of more funds for rivers and harbors and for reclamation. The comfcinat-'on broke the back of the com laittee suonort. ! The met sifnificant item was. the allow ance for the John Day planning. This serves to get that show on the road, whether as a government project or on a partnership deal remains to be settled. As this is followed up, hope will brighten for added hydroelectric capacity to meet the demand of 1960 and after. 1 Lane county can call the bureau of land management which runs the O & C lands an "Indian giver." Several days ago the bureau notified the Lane county commissioners they would get nearly $400,000 more than previ ously reported. (The commissioners licked their financial chops and put the windfall into a pocket labeled courthouse, land acqui sition and major road improvements. Last week the bureau notified the county that the half million dollar bonus wouldn't be-forthcoming after all, only about $100,000. All the commissioners had to do was to scale down their hopes and wonder what was wrong.with the bureau's arithmetic At 'Cheyenne Foreign Minister Molotov and his Russian colleagues' en route to San Fran cisco were presented .with ten-gallon Stetson hats. Vyacheslav should look out or he may be kidnaped for the "slave labor camp" at Hollywood and cast as a two-gun villain in a wild west movie. (He had agreed to appear on the T V "Face the Nation" program next Sunday to be questioned by U. S. news reporters). "More "Legislation by j Memorandum"' j The Oregon Legislature is no the only leg islature body indulging , in legislation by memorandum. It is recalled that Bonneville Power Administration defaulted on complet ing its transmission line to Klamath Falls and traded the materials already bought for the extension to Copco on the basis of a mem orandum" by the House ways and means com mittee. The memo advised BPA to do this, and iBPA complied. j This was not an act of Congress. It was not a provision in an appropriation bill. It? was merely the recommendation of a com mittee of one branch of Congress. True, that committee holds the pursestrings; but it should exercise its control only ; in a consti tutional manner. Another example has come to light. , Re ports the San Francisco Chronicle, with ref erence to the report of the second Hoover commission recommending doing away with a bunch of business operations carried on by the military in competition with private en terprise: ' Now, tucked away in the Defense Appro priations Bill which the Senate will consider this week, has been discovered a section (639) which would negate the study and circumvent the recommendations; it would provide that none of the military activities that compete with private industry among those turned up by the Commission were ice cream factories, clothing factories and dry cleaning plants could be closed down with out specific clearance from some more or less pertinent congressional committee. There you have it again: Invasion of the executive by the legislative branch of gov ernment, and then only with a committee, not the full Congress, making an adminis trative decision. It is within the power of Congress by law to forbid an executive branch from closing down an operation; but it certainly extends unduly the power of a congressional committee to give it veto power over administrative action. The people have to fight to restrain arro gant bureaucrats; and they need to do battle with arrogant legislators. Editorial Coram ent NEW APPROACH ' During the war there was a rather obnoxious popular song that advised millions of radio listeners to "accentuate the positive." Oregon Republicans might well dust off that old platter and play it between now and November 1956. Because from all indications every week of 1956 will be "Beat Wayne Morse" week. And that's a negative approach if ever we heard one. Gov Paul Patterson is being urged to run for the Senate because "he's the only guy that can beat ! Morse." That may be. But that's the wrong reason for him to run. Republicans should back Gov. Patterson if they honestly believe he has something that Oregon and the U. S. Senate need. To back him because he can beat the other guy is not reason enough. j That's one of the things that went wrong last fall. Republicans were trying to "beat Neu berger" more than they were trying to "elect Cordon." Most of their campaign was pitched at running down the Democratic candidate, while they said little about the man they had put up against Sen. Neuberger. ' We heard Doug McKay talking about this very thing one time. Urging Republicans to "accen tuate the positive," Mr. McKay recalled, "When I was selling Chevrolets, do you think I ran down Fords? Heck, I didnt even know they made 'em. I sold my own product" Republicans will be more assured of success in 1956, we suspect, if they take the advice of Republican Douglas McKay. ' i Eugene Register-Guard. . AMATEUR STEEPLE JACK ' fer- m$mm 1 ? 1 i Allah Hotel, Famed Holly wood Landmark, Being Remodelled (Continued from page 1.) FROM STATESMAN FILES promptly to the people living in the shambles that was Eu rope. The UN refugee organiza tion resettled a million persons who had been uprooted in the shifts of power and the ebb and flow of armies across Europe. Since the war, United Nations and its related agencies have provided technical assistance to folk in backward countries, set up health clinics, fought infec tious diseases, labored to help peoples to help themselves. West Seems to Agree That Peace Bids By Russia Are Not Wholly Propaganda By WILLIAM L. RYAN duce some clear evidence of So- into the North Atlantic Treaty Or AP Forelga News Aaalyst yiet good faith in discussion of ganization. There seems to be agreement Germany's reunification. . . i . among the Western foreign mmist-; . . .. . Such an offer would likely be era that the Soviet peace bids they acceptable evidence of tied up with a bid to make an Ger wrn try to explore in San Fran- good faith would be an agreement many a neutralized member of a Cisco this week are not wholly to free, unfettered and internation- European security organization At times, even friends of United Nations have felt dis appointed that it had not rung up a greater record of results. They knew the reasons, or part of them, but they felt that it had been bypassed too often, that it was developing too much as a debating society, that it was impotent when its princi pal members were busy piling up the gear for war. Yet again the fact stands out that for all its imminence in the past eight years, global war has not broken out. Always there have been apparent the solemn declarations of the Charter subscribed to by 60 member states, and the unyielding pres sures of members that peace be maintained. This is not to say that without UN World War III would have occurred; but to say that UN's existence and its opportunity for debate and negotiation have helped to avert it as was the USSR in the Korean War. Its future seems rather to lie along the line of media tion, of applying pressures for peace and offering its agencies for promoting peace. At the moment, the tension between East and West has les sened a bit Remaining are the strains arising - from emerging nationalism, from revolt against race discrimination, from ambi-' tion for economic as well as political equality. Peoples bring to the UN their problems whose roots may lie deep in history, in geography, in eco nomics, and grow impatient if the UN machinery does not quickly grind out a solution. These peoples may feel frus trated at UN's failure to gratify their aims just as some Ameri cans are critical because UN has not advanced faster a cli mate for world peace. For both there is need to remember the time factor. Prejudices cannot be erased, economic and social deficiencies overcome in a day or by the mere mechanics of organization. The significant thing is that now there is an international agency dedicated to noble ends and working hard to achieve them. United Nations has not devel oped the international police force which was envisioned. The experience of the Korean War shows the risk of relying on col lective' security when some members are unwilling to share the burden of battle, or unable to, or are in active opposition I said at the beginning that the fact of the continued exist ence of United Nations was of primary importance. Close be- -hind it is this fact that in its decade of existence not a single member state has withdrawn; several states in addition to the original signatories have joined the organization and more than 'a dozen are seeking admission to United Nations. Above all, it remains in the minds and heart of the people of the worla a 6ymbol of unified endeavor to secure peace and promote the welfare of mankind everywhere. propaganda. ally ' suprvjsed elections for all which would exclude the United GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty ' But the burden of proof is 'per- States. . haps on the Russians. uermany. t One of the reasons for the Rus- The prospect arises of some hard Otherwise, the Soviet Union s an- nans' decision to form an Eastern bargaining at San Francisco. The peals to peaceful coexistence and military bloc under the Warsaw four ministers will be concerned European security are exposed, treaty was to be in a position to with what President Eisenhower, Can the Soviet Union afford to put that treaty on the bargaining Premier Bulganin, Prime Minist- permit free, internationally super- block a bid to scrap the Warsaw er Eden and Premier Faure vim vised elections for all Germany? . ot . , ,,., talk about at the summit meeting U would be a grave risk. ety m retu? for "Tia the opening July 18 in Geneva. A more cautious Soviet procedure western coalition. But the War- . The West is agreed the meeting would be an offer to negotiate on saw treaty is only a piece of paper, j should not be concerned wkh spe-' German unification through direct Through Soviet domination, that r cific solutions ..J0. talks between the East German aimc would remain, while the problems, but rather should lay Communists and -Adenauer s gov- ., , , . ..... groundwork for future negotiation eminent That would take much Wests was broken UP- " 18 d"fl of such questions. time and serve the purpose of de- cuit to see West Germans falling " ' laying West Germany's integration for that one. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov h. . .ivwifip inHa in mind, hut.! mmMmmimKmmmmeimmsMmm paradoxically, his items are ex tremely general. He wants discussion of: General disarmament, prohibition of atom ic weapons, European collective security, Asian security, relaxation of world tensions and elimination of "distrust among nations.; These are the main planks of the Moscow platform. Accepted in these broad terms, , such an agenda could amount to the sheerest Soviet propaganda. But there is an opportunity here for the West to pin the Soviet un ion down If Molotov insists upon these items, the West can become spe- , cific about such agenda entries aS the path to German unification through free elections, the prob lem of international Communism, the problem of the. satellite nations- and the question of Soviet Communist imperialism. " - While Molotov- may bring the Far East and the question of Red China's representation in . the United Nations into the discussion, the principal pressing problem fac ing the Big Four at Geneva will be the German question. Molotov may already have ma neuvered himself into a box on this issue. . 1 Chancellor KonradT Adenauer of West Germany has been invited to Moscow. He probably will accept the invitation after the Geneva Big Four conference. But he will be in a position to - demand the Geneva meetinj pro SS Safety Valve (Idltor'i Note: Letten far The Statesman's Safety Valve column are fiven prior eonildtraUon if they art informaUve and are net more than 3M words in length. Personal attacks and ridicule, as wf 11 as 11 be I, are to avoided, but anyone is entiUed to air beliefs and opinions on any side f any question.) CW S .W aMMBM afsjf a). . j tfftt'ftff I ssfgesf 9 Rebuttal To the 'Editor: Xv Mr. Lv L. Miller, (letteJune 14) can compare Morse to Crock ett in at least three ways: he was somewhat of a curiosity, he was a deserter and he did little in Congress except pose for ad miration. Andrew Jackson, an exhaustive biography by James, depicts Jackson as the symbol of hon esty, involved in no land grab or any dishonest practice. If Jackson is now to be ac cused of infamy, the charge will have to be well supported. Sam Houston, .by the same au thor relates that Houston's design was to lure Santa Ana farther east while be strengthened his own army and found a battle ground where his outnumbered force would have more chance than on the open plains. He or dered the Alamo garrison to evacuate and join him and its refusal to do so was insubordi nation or desertion as well as very bad Judgment One ballad does not make a hero and Crockett's fame is not for statesmanship but is for kill ing a bear with a knife, a stunt that could not have been com mon practice but which must have occurred when the terrain, the wood-growth and all condi tions were most favorable. Much politics is made about power dams but is mostly hog wash because the government never surrenders control of any thing, power rates are controlled by law, changes can be made and gouging certainly prevented. Electric power will soon be pro duced more cheaply with atomic energy at the location where needed without long transmission lines and not cost the tax-payer a cent. Another argument against high dams is the hazard. If Grand Coulee dam is de stroyed by bombs or by earth quakes or if it fails, the flood waters will wash out all down stream dams and cause damage too vast for the imagination so why hurry to erect more dams at tax-payers expense? J. M. Campbell, Dallas, Ore. Better English By D. C Williams 10 Years Ago May 20, 1945 C. A. McClure, for 10 years secretary - engineer for the Port land City Planning Commission, was chosen Salem City Planning Commission engineer. emerging irom caves, cane fields and brushy valley, scores of Japanese carrying surrender leaflets gave themselves up to American 10th Army troops on Okinawa. Total cost of forest protection during 1944 on lands under the jurisdiction of the Oregon State forestry Department and coop erative forest protective associ ations was $2,066,237, according to State Forester Nels Rogers, 25 Years Ago June IS, 1 Richard E. Byrd, explorer of the air and earth, came into port after his latest exploit a flight that made him victor of the South Pole just as he was al ready conqueror of the North Tole. Election of Lynn Cronemiller as state forester to succeed the late F. A. Elliott was announced by the the State Board of For estry. Cronemiller has served as deputy state forester for six ye?rr. Johnny Kittredge, with over 180 tickets sold to tie showing of "All Quiet on the Western Front," won first place in the ticket-selling campaign to raise funds for the permanent camp site at Oceanside, "Y" officials reported. David Hoss and David Thompson were close seconds. 40 Years Ago Jane 20, 1915 A piano recital was given by the pupils of the well-known blind pianist and organist. Prof. T. S. Roberts, at the First M. E. church. Pupils taking part in cluded Gretchen Brown, Ruth Jones. Lucille DeWitt, Juanita Moores ami Frances Goodenough. Editorially The Southern Pacific, by decree of the United Stal Supreme Court, keeps its two and a quarter million acres of western Oregon lands. But it is put up to congress as to how the lands shall be disposed of. Two popular Salem High School girls, the Misses Esther Engle bart and Evelyn De Long, start ed a business career by opening a candy shop on Twelfth Street, opposite the Willamette Univer sity tennis court By ALINE MOSBY United Press Hollywood Writer HOLLYWOOD (UP) Behind a screee of trees on busy Sunset Boulevard workmen . today are partially destroying one of the most colorful and famous land marks of early Hollywood the old Garden of Allah Hotel. In this Spanish-style hostelry flourished! the madcap Hollywood life of the '20s and '30s, and the name of the hotel brings sighs of nostalgia from show folk every where. Here long-time resident Robert Benchley uttered his famous rainy day line. "I think 111 get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini." -Writers Thomas Wolfe and F. Scott Fitzgerald,' Fanny Brice, John Barrymore, Charles Butter worth and Gertrude Lawrence lived in the Garden. In later years nearl: every big name in show business called the garden home-r Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacalL Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead. Orson Wells, Marlene Dietrich. Britishers Laurence Oliv ier and Vivien Leigh once made it thei" West Coast headquarters. In recent years the hotel became shabby; the stars departed. Now two loyal ex-residents, millionaire- movie producer Cornelius Vander bilt Whitney and director Dudley Murphy, have bought the place am. are remodeling it to restore its former glory. No history of Hollywood is com plete without the story of the Garden of Allah. The late Alia Nazimova, a siren of silent movies. built the place in 1922 as her country home in then-rural Holly wood. When the country road became Sunset Boulevard, she added 30 villa- around the swimming pool and converted her home into an informal hotel, naming it after her self. The pool was built in the shape of the Black Sea and sur rounded with tall pine trees to re semble her ancestral land. Guests stayed for months, some time: years. Life in the white stucco villas around the pool was neighborly, to commit a stagger ing understatement. The walls were like paper and telephone calls and romances seldom were private. Tenants wandered in and out of each other's rooms. Benchley's villa was called "The Bear Trap." He conducted 24-hour bar service and everybody was welcome. While peering from Benchley's window one night, ac tor Butterworth made his classic renar , "looks as if it s going to get drunk out tonight. Now workmen are installing modern flagstone around the pool where Benchley once pushed But terworth in a wheelbarrow. Half of Miss Nazimova's house is being torn down to make way for a glassed-in dining room. 'Holiday House' The new owners changed the name to "Holiday House." But the bar win be called "The Garden of Allah with special classes for former residents. A smaller bar wiD. be built in Fitzgerald's old villa and named "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" after the short story he wrote there. T bought this hotel because It's always intrigued me" exnlained director Murphy as he showed ane around the place. 'No, we didn't find any memen tos from the old days except a bottle of champagne hidden under one floor. Heightening Of Columbia Span Asked PORTLAND (fl Heightening of the present Columbia River Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., is asked by the Inland Em pire Waterways Assn. of ' Walla Walla. - The group plans to submit a brief to this effect at a Portland meeting of the U.S. Engineers this week. The IEWA says the present bridge is a hazard to river traffic and should be rebuilt to the same specifications proposed for a sec-. ond Portland-Vancouver bridge to be built alongside of it The association says that plans approved by the engineers for in creased vertical and horizontal clearances in the new bridee should be incorporated in the old span, built 37 years ago. Annual tonnage increases are cited. Human Wolves Object of Hunt CAIRO, Egypt CP A campaign is under way to eliminate Cairo's wolves the human variety. The morality police, specially set up for the purpose, have arrested 48 men in a week for flirtatious remarks to women oh the streets. This is a legal offense, carrying a penalty up to six months' imprisonment Reich Chief To Stand by Signed Pacts LONDON Of) Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer pledged to the Brit ish people Sunday night that his government "will stand by its treaties, NATO and the Western European Union." He made the statement before boarding a plane for Bonn. With Prime Minister Eden at his side, Adenauer told airport re porters his government will remain a good partner to the West even though it expects to go into sep arate discussions shortly with the Soviet Union. The British and German leaders had spent five hours together. Adenauer flew into London Sun day from New York, where he has been talking with American gov ernment chiefs about all aspects of German-American and German Western relations. WITH A CITY MUM TEACHERS IMPORTED REGINA. Sask. Saskatche wan province is importing 140 or more British and Irish teachers this summer to start work in the schools next term. 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