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Peron's Power Threatened
Argentina, but there are some indications
that President Peron may have suffered a
mortal blow in the events of recent weeks.
Hi? feud with the established Catholic church
which led to his excommunication culminated
in a naval-led revolt. While the Army sup
pressed this revolt the episode elevated into
authority as "Commander-in-chief of the
Forces of Repression" Gen. Franklin Lucero
of the Army. He fended off the revolt, re
established order, protected worshippers at
tending sen-ices on Sunday. An AP report
via Montevideo stated that Lucero was try
ing to set up a three-man governing commit
tee: Peron, Lucero and Rear Admiral Teisare.
Such a junta would mean that Peron has
been forced to share his previous dictatorial
power. Since in Latin American countries the
Army-holds the .keys to authority Lucero
would seem to bejin position to enforce such
demands on Peron as he cares to make.
, The President of Argentina- has been de
scribed as a recluse since the death of his
wife Evita, rarely appearing in public, ruling
through ministers and subordinates; but still
exercising command. He may have overr
reached himself in his defiance of the church,
as have many other heads of the civil state
in history.
: ' One thing Is almost certain, the overthrow
of Peron would relieve the country and the
western hemisphere of a most offensive type
of dictator. People of Argentina deserve far
better government than he has given them.
Strike at CMC
A good many persons may have wondered
why the . rash of strikes at General Motors
plants after GMC conceded the same unem
ployment guarantee that the UAW had won
Vnr-A TWntnf Tn A ronortoH 750 000
workers were made idle by these unauthor
ized strikes. An explanation may be found
in the fact that while a few across-the-board
Hems such as wages and the UAW got at
tention, a wage contract contains many other
rv!i.mrMi Alert tViara on differential tmnn
various groups of workers. Some groups in
Ford employment kicked because they felt
they were not getting the right treatment. At
one of the GM plants a production standards
dispute induced the walkout. In brief, it is
not enough to effect the overall wage settle
ment which covers major issues, each' group
and each individual is anxious to see that his
own interests are protected, and they feel
that the ,time to assert themselves is when a
contract is in the making. ; The sporadic
strikes were shortlived, but they emphasized
certain points which presumably will have
to be worked on by. management and labor
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Admiral Ben Moreell who is chairman of
a task force of the Hoover commission which
has been studying water resources and power
says the federal government should get out
of the power business, Maybe it "should,
but it won't We doubt if the Hoover com
mission itself goes that far, and Moreell said
he was expressing his personal view and not
speaking for .the task force which will report
later this month. Thus far the second Hoover
commission reports have been received in a
void of silence by the administration.
Careful Reform
Declared All
By JOSEPH ALSOP .
WASHINGTON The cloud is
still no bigger than a man's hand;
but maybe Herbert Brownell,
Scott McCleod, Lewis L. Strauss
and a few other people had
Better start
thinking about
what happened
to the prophets
of Baal when Eli
jah's little cloud
grew to be a blgnT
one. fij
The cloud inHV S
question is the! L 1
unanimous re-1 St f
port by the Sen- ," " , -
at fnmmittPii JOepn i AleMI
on Government Operations of a
resolution calling, for the ap
pointment of a high level com
mission to review the entire
federal security program.
Senate Majority Leader Lyn
don Johnson and House Speak-,
er Sam Ray burn mean to pass
the resolution through their re
spective bodies. Rayburn and
Johnson have a highly develop
ed knack of getting what they
want Hence the resolution has
an excellent chance of becom
ing law before the end of the
session. . .-
Meanwhile, the circumstan
ces in which this resolution to
investigate the Investigators
was reported to the Senate are
highly significant in them
selves. In the novel style of the
Lyndon Johnson democracy. It
was co-sponsored by a Left
Right team, Senators Hubert
Humphrey f Minnesota and .
John Stennis of Mississippi.
It was then studied at pro
longed hearings, in the course
of which Attorney General
Brownell exhibited a marked
lack of enthusiasm for the pro
posed inquiry into his own se
curity practices. The Republi
can members of the sub-committee
studying the resolution.
Senators N orris Cotton of New
Hampshire, Thomas E. Martin
of Iowa and Margaret Chase
Orex,Tueday, June 21, 1955
Plywood Birthday
Fifty years ago
tory in the St. John district of Portland got
the idea of putting out a novelty for the
Lewis & Clark exposition in that city. They
cut strips of board, applied glue between the
sheets, pressed them together with house
jackscrews. The finished product was then
exhibited in" the forestry display at the expo
sition. Out of that humble beginning has
grown the vast plywood industry. Thin
sheets of wood are glued together, now with
waterproof resins, the inner sheet of the three
ply sandwich at cross-grain with the other
two, bonded under heat, and pressure to make
the four by eight panels now in universal use
in construction, cabinet work, boat building,
and "do-it-yourself." Production this year in
the 100 plants in the Pacific Northwest will
reach an estimated 4.5 billion square feet.
Right now the Douglas Fir Plywood asso
ciation Is holding an anniversary celebration
in Portland of the "invention" of plywood.
The allied interests joining in the event are
not spending too much time on past history.
They are very busy planning ahead both for
wider markets, for bigger production and
for ways to provide material to meet the
growing demand.
Coming in later than plywood is what is
called hardboard. Masonite was the first to
develop a process for binding wood particles
into tough, durable sheets. When the com
pany's patents expired other firms got into
production with some variance in techniques.
Down in North Bend. Weyerhaeuser has
started a particle board. This takes planer
shavings and compresses" them into a hard
board in 4x8 ft. panels. The principal us
for it is expected to be for under-flooring, or
core stock in furniture or backing for veneer.
Utilizing materials that formerly went into
the burner it will serve to "extend" the tim
ber resource of the state.
The forest industries seem to be living up
to the slogan, "Hats off to the past; coats off
for the future.
Winner From Davenport
It had to happen, of course. Ben Hogan
couldn't go on winning the national Open
golf championship forever. The doughty
warrior who came back after a severe auto
accident to win again and again on a com
bination of skill and nerve, had to reach the
end of his winning trail. But that a virtual
unknown, Jack Fleck, a golf pro from Dav
enport, Iowa, playing his first year in the
round of tournaments should be the one to
unseat the champion seemed quite incred
ible. But the Iowan did it, setting up a tie
with Hogan on Saturday and winning the
playoff Sunday at the Olympic course, San
Francisco. Hogan announced after his defeat
that he was through with intense golf com
petition. After all he has won all the honors
in golf and won as well the esteem of golf
ers and admirers of good sportsmanship.
Editorial Comment
THE YOUNG COLLEGE WIVES
One of the most interesting of the farm-hour
programs over KOAC was a tape-recording this
writer listened to a few evenings ago. Three
young women who had just earned the P.H.T.
(put husband through) degree at Oregon State
College were interviewed. In the background
could be heard the happy" gurgling of a baby
one of several in the three families.
The three happy wives told of their husbands'
obtaining posts as agriculture teachers in three
good little Oregon high schools. None of them
would admit having had a very hard time keep
ing up their homes and young families while
the husband went to college. On the contrary,
all said they had greatly enjoyed the experience
of being a college wife. They all were looking
forward with keen anticipation to their new
careers as faculty wives.
The happy conclusions to be drawn from such
situations as those of the three PHT's are too
obvious to be labored here. It was happy, con
fident young womanhood looking forward to in
creased usefulness made possible by sacrifice
oh, ohthe girls wouldn't admit it was sacrifice.
The interview was a heartening bit of dialogue
or would you say, tri-alogue?
. Albany Democrat-Herald.
of Federal Security Program
- Important to Prevent Trouble
Smith of Maine, were at first
inclined to be suspicious of a
measure that looked partisan.
But in the end they enthusias
- tically joined in presenting the
resolution to the full Commit
tee on Government Operations.
The two senior Republican
members of the Government
Operations Committe are Sen
ators Joseph R. McCarthy of
Wisconsin and Karl Mundt of
t South Dakota. No one can sus
pect either Mundt or McCarthy
of any desire for reform in
federal security procedures. Yet
even McCarthy and Mundt did
not record their hostility when
the full committee reported the
resolution to the Senate.
The signs are clear, then,
that there are increasing
doubts about the federal secur
ity program. The doubts are
no longer confined to leftwing-
ers, intellectuals and obstinate
ly old-fashioned persons whe
cannot quite approve the back
door abrogation of the Bill of
Rights. Grave concern is also
beginning to be felt by' such
good, horny-handed, orthodox,
corn state Republicans as Sen
ator Martin.
This shift of opinion was
bound to come, sooner or later.
Essentially, the existing secur
ity program embodies a nation
al reaction to the case of Alger
Hiss. It was a proper 'and nat
ural reaction. But the result of
the reaction, the security pro
gram itself, is neither proper
nor naturaL
It effectively deprives mil
lions of American citizens of
the ancient protections of our
Constitution. It has worked
i horrifying injustices. It has
bred among ui such novel
phenomena as hired inform
ers, officially encouraged poison-pen-letter
writers and fed
era! flatfeet who ask people
whether their neighbors' gar
bage includes an excessive al
lowaace of battles. As present
ly constituted and aamlils-
owners of a small box fac
tered, in fact, the federal se
curity program must keep the
founders of this Republic turn
ing in their graves like so
many teetotums. ,
The Oppenheimer case, the
John Davies case and a few other
episodes have already disturbed a
great many people. But one can
predict with confidence that this
security program will eventually
produce a sort of Hiss-case-in-reverse
a demonstration of injus
tices am malpractice so final
and so dramatic that it will con
vulse the entire country with
strong indignation and generate
an irresistible d e m a n d for re
form. Any one familiar with the
program can already detect the
stench of such cases corning up,
so to speak, through the floor
boards.
Whether the high level commis
sion proposed by the Humphrey
Stennis resolution will really do
the Job, may perhaps be open to
question. It ir to be composed of
three groups of four members,
chosen by the President, the vice
president and the speaker. The
Congressional appointees should
be well balanced, but Attorney
General Brownell, win wants n
serious inquiry, has a chance to
pack the commission through the
presidential appointees.
He wul make the same mistake
if he does so, however, as Presi
dent Truman made when Jie call
ed the Hiss case a real herring.
Already, the peculiarities of the
security program are being some
what fumblingly investigated by
the Post Office and Civil Service
committee oT the Senate; and a
subcommittee of the Senate Judi
ciary committee headed by Sen.
Thomas Hennings of Missouri is,
alsr starting more promising in-'
vestigation. Sooner or later, the
break will come and the storm of
indignation will follow, unless the
administration is wise enough to
foretell trouble by preparing for
careful reform. ;
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(Continued from page L)
both sides of the Deschutes Riv
er at the Pelton site, and the
bed of the river, and since "the
project calls for no permanent
diversion of water" the Court
concluded that the license is
sued by the FPC was valid. "To
allow Oregon to veto such use,
by requiring the State's addi
tional permission, would result
in the very duplication of reg
ulatory control precluded by the
FIRST IOWA decision." How
ever in a footnote the opinion
states with respect to approval
by the Oregon Hydroelectric
Commission:
"While we hold that such ap
proval is not necessary, there is
no reason why the company
should not thus seek state as
well as federal approval of the
jproject"
With respect to the Desert
Land Act of 1877 and previous
similar acts which vested in the
states authority to control use
of waters on public lands the
Court avoided any interpreta
tion of these laws I "because
these acts are not applicable to
the reserved lands and waters
here involved." In his dissent
ing opinion Mr. Justice Douglas
voices disagreement, and thinks
these laws do apply and that
state assent for use of waters
of the Deschutes at Pelton site
! for power generation is re
quired. The seven who made up
the majority (Justice Harlan
did not participate), however,
gave the verdict of the Court.
In brief this decision does not of
itself in any part of the opinion
invalidate state exercise of au-
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Years Ago
June 21, 1945
Hugh E. Rosson, Portland at
torney and World War I veter
an, was appointed by Gov. Earl
Snell to direct the state's new
department of veterans' affairs.
Born in Iowa, he attended Knox
college and the University of
Iowa and came to Oregon to
teach at the University of Ore
gon law school.
W. A. (Bachelor Billy) Rahn,
owner of the town of Millican,
Ore., announced he had sold the
village and was leaving. When
the new owners, Mr. and Mrs.
George -Petry, Bend, move in,
the town's population will be
doubled.
Col. Willis E. Vincent of Sa
lem was awarded the bronze
star medal for meritorious serv
' ice in connection with military
operations in Germany.
25 Years Ago
June 21, 1930
Official France made its first
move to protest against the new
American tariff and its first of
ficial threat of reprisal through
the committee on customs of
the chamber of deputies.
Mr. and .Mrs. W. A. Cummings
celebrated their silver wedding
with a mock wedding at their
home, renewing the vow plight
ed at Shaw, Oregon, 25 years
ago. The attendants and many
of the guests were present at
the wedding 25 years ago.
Complete checking and re
checking of the schedules for
the second Oregon census
showed Marion county 60,527;
Polk 16,865; Yamhill 22,020;
Tillamook 11, 805, and Salem
' city, 26,280.
40 Years Ago
June 21. 1915
Martial law was invoked in
Calexico, California, and in
Mexican, Mexico, just across the
border line, following a reign
of terror in both towns result
ing from three earthquake
shocks. Falling walls killed 15
, people.
Burgess F. Ford, graduate of
Willamette University and for
the last four years principal of
tne lustacada schools, was elect
ed principal of the academy of
Willamette university.
The State Board of Control
awarded the plumbing and
heating contract for the new
wing of the Eastern Oregon
State hospital to Joe Bernardi,
Salem. Bernardi's bid was
$9888.
IT By Lichty
thority over waters for reclama
tion purposes.
The Court also took up the
objection raised in the state's
case that the FPC abused its
discretion in granting the license
because of the injury that would
result to fish runs by the con
struction of a high dam. It con
eluded that the plans submitted
by the power company for fish
propagation, which had been ap
proved by the FPC were accept
able. These plans, it will be re
called, included provision of fa
cilities for fish conservation and
an annual contribution of $100,
000 toward their maintenance
and operation.
Whether Portland General
Electric will proceed with this
project seems to await congress
ional action on its proposal for
a partnership enterprise at the
John Day site on the Columbia.
Eventually a dam will be built
at Pelton to capture the kilo
watts that now race wastefully
down the Deschutes, and that
without impairment of state or
vested water rights for con
sumptive uses.
A footnote might be added on
protests that have arisen over
the discovery that New York
State is collecting "water rent
al" on waters diverted from the
Niagara -and St Lawrence rivers
for industrial purposes. The fact
came out at a House committee
hearing on grant of rights for
further power development at
Niagara Falls, when the presi
dent of a private power com
pany said his company pays
nearly $2 million water toll now
and would pay $5 million if
given the 'license for new de
velopment Members of- Con
gress protested the state charge,
one calling it a "form of ban
ditry." Here apparently Is a new
wrinkle with regard to water
rights and control. Oregon col
lects an annual license fee from
state-licensed hydro plants, but
not a "water rental.
Let us
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(Editor's Not I Letter (er The
Statesman's Safety Valve column
are given prior consideration U they
are informative and are not more
than 30a words in length. Personal
atucki ajid-ridieule, as well as lifeel,
re to he avoided, but anyone is
entitled to air beliefs and opinions
on any tide of any question.)
HENRY AT CAXOSSA
To the Editor:
I wish to correct an error in
fact contained in your editorial
"Church - State Conflict in Ar
gentina" of June 17, 1953. It is
true that Henry IV of Germany
was excommunicated by Pope
Gregory VII for making lay ap
pointments to several bishoprics.
It is true that Henry IV stood
barefoot in the snow for three
days begging absolution from
Pope Gregory VII. But the most
important truth of all was omit
ted. As a careful perusal of history
would verify; these are the facts:
Henry IV willingly stood in the
Tsnow for three days as a ruse
to capture Gregory whe had fled
to the castle to be with friends
against the protest of his friends.
Gregory left the castle to grant
absolution to Henry and was im
mediately captured. Henry IV
was not doing penance: he was
at the castle for one reason
only to capture Gregory VII.
JEANNE C. LEEK,
1605 Park Ave.
Editor's Note: Henry, IVs ap
peal for relief from th. interdict
of Pope Gregory VII (Hilde
brand, one of the greatest of the
popes) was politically motivated
he had lost support of German
princes after his excommunica
tion. Afterwards, again for po
litical reasons "he resolved to
break the oath he had just tak
en, and shut Gregory so closely
in the castle of Canossa as ef
fectually to put a stop to his
further progress to Augsburg."
(Menzel's Germany, p. 451).
However the event at Canossa in
1077, with an emperor standing
outside the castle in the cold, in
the posture of penitence, has rep
resented the apex of the old con
troversy between temporal and
spiritual rulers, and the phrase
"Henry at Canossa" its epito
me. ENJOYS GARDEN
To the Editor:
I would like to sing a word of
praise for our Salem Fire Boys
and the lovely little garden they
prepare and tend so nicely
throughout the year for every
one's enjoyment. I usually walk
to town and always I go by to
enjoy the seasonal flowers plant
ed there.
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WIENER NEWUSTADT, Austria
GPl Austrian prisoners who re
turned home-from Russia Monday
said eight Americans are among
Westerners in Soviet labor camps
v.-ho have little hope of ever being
freed.
Most of the 184 newly released
Austrians military prisoners and
civilian internees were arrested
by the Russians in Vienna and in
villages of Austria's Soviet Zone
after World War II.
They were turned loose by the
Russians after the Big Four's con
clusion last month of the Austrian
independence treaty. Some said
their terms had been lengthened in
1953 because they took part in a
hunger riot finally quelled by the
guards' machine guns in a Siber
ian coal mine.
In Russia, they said, they shared
cells with prisoners from the Unit
ed . States. Britain, France, West
Germany and Italy, among others,
who are serving long terms with
small expectations of getting out
alive.
They said one American, Charley
Brown or Charley Brown-Clifford,
died at Camp Verche Uralsk in
1952. He was described as a U. S.
diplomat arrested in Romania in
1945.
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providing 6,000,000 reservations in
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1. What is -wrong with this
sentence? "Are we going to go
this evening, or have we got to
stay home?
2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "audition"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Jubilee, juliene,
judicatory, justificatory.
4. What does the word "litiga
tion" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
withe ob that means "easily
seen"?
ANSWERS
' HY' "An we goin omit
to go ) this evening, or must
we stay at home?" 2. Pronounce
a-dlsh-un, as in ah unstressed ac
cent second syllable. 3. Julienne
4 A suit at law. "The effect of
this ruling will be a provoked
endless litigation." 5. Obvious.
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