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1 1-Statwsinan, Salem, Or., Monday, Aug. 22, 1955 at 2)rtfiontate$raau 4 "fio Fator Sways Vs. No Fear ShaU Ate" Fnm first SUtwii. March 2s. 11 Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor & Publisher ''Published everr morning Business office MS ' North Church St.. Salem, Ore Telephone 4-M11 Bniere4 t the postofflee tt Salem. Ore., as second clia matter unaer act of Coneresa March 3. 1I7. Member Associated Press V Associate Press la entitled exclusively to the use for republication of. all local news printed la ' this newspaper. Vengeance on the Porcupine The lowly porcupine, respected but not feared, has been cast by the Bend Bulletin as the villain who is destroying .the highway signs in the Bend area. The Bulletin reports that practically all the new wooden signs on the McKenzie Highway between Cold Spring and Windy Point have been "devoured" by the porkys. The signs are laminated woods and porcupines like the glue which binds the wood layers together. It' is "tasty frosting" lor the porcupine diet. Previously the por cupines were in disrepute for nibbling at the tender shoots of pine seedlings. Now they are going in for heavier diet. This prompts Frank Jenkins in the Klam ath Falls Herald and News to report that "over all these decades Porky has led an tasy life:" -, " "Because of his spiny coat, he needed to fear no animal enemy. Any such that tangled with him came out of the encounter wishing fervently that he had left Porky strictly alone." ' f Because of his superior defense "the por cupine since the time whereof the memory of man runneth not to -the contrary, has swaggered down the forest lanes unafraid of any four-legged foe." But, reflects the Klamath Falls editor, "all good things come to an end." Because Porky has developed bad habits of nipping off the tops of young pines needed for reforestation arid because now he has set to gnawing the very signboards erected for public conven ience, the hand of man now will be raised against him. We do not anticipate that boun ties will be offered for the scalp or tail of a porky, but he will no longer be regarded just as a curiosity of the woods. He will be fair target for the rifle, as is fie magpie because af his voracity. Porky will not be permitted to thrive.. He has gotten in the way of Civ Don't Worry Too Much About IQ' If you are an adult and didn't rate very high in an IQ test, don't worry about it. You've probably been short-changed because the IQ test was designed for children and is not a fair test of adult intelligence. That opinion is not just ours although we haven't had any too high a regard for the IQ examination in some cases. It's the opin ion of one of this nation's leading psycholo- , gists. Dr. J. P. Guilford of the University of Southern California. i The IQ test. Dr. Guilford says, barely touches on such important factors as crea tiveness, judgment and reasoning power abstract but vitally important mental factors. And we might say it doesn't do a lot of other things, either, with respect to both children and grownups. " The test is a fair one, yes. But it doesn't take into consideration the mental attitude and the outlook of the persons taking it at the exact time they are taking it. Does it consider that' perhaps the morning it is sprung, that person had an argument with his mother or his wife; or that perhaps he's upset from too many hotdogs at the ballgame his team lost the night before; or that he's to face an irate teacher or boss later in the day and can't be in too happy a frame of mind? It would seem to have the same faults that many educators find in the term end examinations when, at a given time, a student is expected to show what he's learned regardless of what mental turmoil he may be in at the moment Anyway, we aren't arguing against IQ tests. We're just saying we're glad Dr. Guil ford agrees that a low IQ in a single test doesn't necessarily mean a moron and that a high IQ test doesn't necessarily mean a per son is easier to live with or more capable of providing a full life for those for whom he is responsible. W. W. DAVY CRXcXTT The Albany Democrat-Herald calls vio lence by the Irish Republican army "ill-advised." It may seem so to outsiders, but re calling how similar and worse violence has brought results it probably does not seem ill advised to the IRA. It was the violence and lawlessness of the "blacks and tans" follow ing the Irish rebellion of 1916 that finally led up to the separation of Britain and Ire land. Likewise the lawless violence of the Stern gang in Palestine helped to push Brit ain out of the country and led to the estab lishment of Israel. In the present instance, however, with the IRA outlawed even in Ireland, its resort to violent methods really seems ill-advised. Quite a contrast this summer as compared with last as far as farm harvests are con cerned. In 1954 farmer's had a hard time get ting their grain cut and marketed because of the persistent rainfall. Much of the bar ley went down in grade and a great deal of h had to be dried artificially. Now we have been enjoying perfect harvest weather; clear, warm, dry days. Farmers have been taking advantage of the good weather to press their harvesting. Press breakdowns are by no means uncom mon in the newspaper business, often caus ing serious delay in getting out editions. The Newberg Graphic, however, had a casualty of another kind last week. Last week's is sue reports that "due to an unforeseen break down of our camera during the Farmeroo, The Graphic is only able to print a few pic tures of this year's festival activities." Now adays editors have to make allowance for this additional hazard. Scientists have come up with this that tritium, the heavyweight form of hydrogen, may be useful in cleaning greasy clothes. Maybe the atomic energy plants can run laundries on the side. A Michigan inventor is said to have per fected radar, for automobiles. It is supposed to pick up oncoming oars or obstacles and then slow down the vehicle to which it is at tached. This should be a great boon to motor ists as well as telephone poles. Difference in Expressed Attitude on U.S. Indicates Moscow Restraining Chinese By WILLIAM L. BY AN AP Foreign Nswi Analyst A strange disparity in .the treat ment of recent Korean history by the Chinese and the Russians suggests the possibility that Mos cow has been shaking a warning finger at the Red Chinese and the North Koreans. The disparity was glaring. It popped up in accounts of the cele brations last week marking the. 10th anniversary of the Japanese rout in Korea. Chinese StiD Violent ' The Chinese treatment of it was violent as ever in its denunciation of the United States. The Russians mentioned neither the Americans nor the word "aggressor." , Kim n Sung. Premier of North Korea, had an article in the Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda, and it was mild in tone. But Kim made a speech in person at the Pyongyang celebration and that was quite different. It roundly de nounced "American imperialist ag gressors." The .Russians, North Koreans and Chinese all expressed agree ment on the need for "peaceful reunification" of Korea on a "democratic basis", by which they mean on Communist terms. The approach was greatly simi lar to the Communist approach to the German question, with shad ings of difference, however, in the Chinese attitude. Versions Vary Widely The official -Soviet celebration ef the Korea anniversary . was held in Moscow's Hall of Columns. The main speaker was Alexander M. Puzanov. Premier-of the Russ ian Republic. Here is how be re ferred to the Korean War: "In 1930. the peaceful develop ment of the (north) Korean Peo- Ele's Democratic Republic, as is nown, was interrupted by war. During three years of hard war, the workers of the KPDR dis played exceptional staunchness, heroism, high selflessness in de fending the revolutionary-democratic conquests and their free dom and independence." Many miles away in Pyongyang, another important Russian made a speech for the occasion. He was A. B. Aristov, recently elevated to the central secretariat of the Soviet Communist Party. He sounded like an echo of Puzanov: "The peaceful creative toil of the North Korean workers was. as wul be recalled, interrupted in 19S0 by outbreak of war which lasted three years." Both Russians, in Moscow and fa Pyongyang, interpolated at this point some words of praise to the "Chinese people's volunteers." But neither made any mention of the Americans, the United Nations or aggression. . .': Speech Different sria n shnti article a Pravda made no . mention of the Americans either. Bu( his speech in Pyongyang was an entirely dif ferent matter, copiously referring to "American imperialist aggres sors." - Marking the same occasion in Peiping. the. Red Chinese referred many times to "U.S. imperialists" as having inspired aggression against North Korea in 1930. Among those who did so was the powerful Marshal Chu Teh, head of Red China's armed forces. Likewise, North Koreans who spoke at the Peiping celebration singled out the United States for abuse. There is a hint in all this of different climates and different ap proaches in Moscow and Peiping. despite an overall similarity of goals. In Moscow the climate seems to be one of caution, a suggestion that the U.S.S.R. is telling both Peiping and Pyongyang the Russ ians have no intention of becoming involved in any new and reckless adventure in Korea. Idea Is Moscow's . Moscow, which obviously hatch ed the "peaceful unification" for mula for Korea, apparently sees GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty Entry Deadline for State Fair Poultry Division on Aug. 24 By LILLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman There's a hurry! Entry date for the State Fair poultry division positively closes Aug. 24. That's what Jim Hall, Salem firemen, has been peddling around town for the past few days. Hall, who is one of Salem's most ardent boosters for the fair, is exhibiting poultry. He wants a lot of com- (Continued from pags 1,) Light Program running from 9 a.m. to midnight This furnishes more entertainment, dance music, plays, comedy. The Third Program is heavily "cul tural." The "traffic count shows that the second program is by far the most popular, with the third getting only a small percentage of listeners. radio and another $2.80 if he has a radio set in his car. The license for a TV set is $8.40 a year, but this covers . a home radio set, too. Not all the money derived from this source goes to BBC for its program and op erating costs. The government siphons off $5,600,000 for the treasury and takes another $4,000,000 to compensate the postoffice department for hand ling the sale of licenses. This leaves about $41,000,000 for the radio and the television opera- j tions mere peanuta for an American network. Though British radio is gov7 ernment-controlled, its opera tions have been very free from political manipulation. BBC is governed by a board of nine named by the postmaster gen eral. They are persons of prom inence in various lines of en deavor. The Television Author ity will be similarly constituted. American radio and televis ion have come under severe criticism for the content of their programs. Most of them are under commercial sponsor ship and set their aim for the mass audience. Some of us Russ Farmers FinishTour Of Country LOS ANGELES UPi Ten Soviet farm chiefs left here by plane Sun day morning for Washington, D. C, after completing their lengthy and exhausting tour of U. S. agri culture. There are various official func tions awaiting them in the national capital, including a big Soviet Em bassy reception, but they probably will not be seeing any more pri vate farms. As elsewhere on their journey the Russians here received friend ly welcomes. It is the impression of the Americans traveling with them that these friendly welcomes have made as much of an impres sion on the Soviet delegates as America's prosperity and wealth. Before departure from Los An geles International Airport, John Strohm, the American coordinator for the Soviet tour, presented So viet delegation head Vladimir .fat skevich and the other members of his group' with golden "Luther Burbank" medallions. Thoco nifte U'rira mmJa ahJ I v . i j . - . . , i m-ot tnio nut iiiauc a iiu ui c- long-range advantages in a non violent approach to the Asian situation. There is a hint, however, that the Russians are not too keen "about the Chinese addition to the program- the call for a broadly representative Asian conference on the Korean question. Moscow has spoken r more of "interested nations" getting together. The Soviet origin of the over all Korean formula is indicated in its close similarity to the Com munist program for Germany. As in Germany, the proposal for Korea calls for withdrawal of foreign troopr first, then discussion of their own problems by repre sentatives of the Communist and non-Communist sides themselves, the exchange of cultural and economic delegations, talks be tween representatives of the two governments, and last of all. dis cussion of plans for elections. Rift in Reds Possible It was the Chinese, apparently, who added and are stressing the fillip about an all-Asia conference on the matter. The Chinese seem to be saying Korea is a matter primarily for Asians to decide. Moscow may not like that at titude too much. How does BBC manage to exist without revenues from ad vertising which are the sole support of most U. S. radio and TV stations? By tax, of course. Each owner of a radio pays an annual fee of $2.80 for his home Safety Valve To the Editor: I read with keen interest a London Dispatch in a recent is sue of The Statesman, telling of the oreanizinz and growth of the Churches FellowThip for-i intelligence of the le butj 'WrnWnT s AngTe OmL 1 1 C A 1 a, .1 nu9 T atFXantni anH At tan hnl 0 j-syciucai axuay among Angli can and Non - C o n f o r mist churches in Great Britain; also that an American Branch is contemplated. As a member of the Fellow ship, may I add that those in terested should write the Hon. Secy. Rev. G. Maurice Elliott, 55 Hove Park Villas, Hove, Sus sex, England. J. J. Handsaker, 6917 S.E. Holgate Blvd., Portland, Ore. Time Flies. 'Cover-Up' Still Claimed By Thornton Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, replying here Sunday to Satur day's statement by Gov. Paul L. Patterson that there is no secret evidence in his investigation of the Oregon Liquor Control Com mission, charged that Patterson had not told the whole story and had avoided the real issues. "The Governor says there 'are no secret documents in the hands of himself or Attorney Robert Maguire who conducted the probe," Thornton said. "I do not see bow he can make that state ment." 'Reports Secret' Thornton charged that no one has been permitted to see more than a couple of sworn deposi tions gathered by Maguire at a cost of $4,000 to the state. "Despite Governor Patterson's statement to the contrary I know that Dist. AUy. William Langley, Multnomah County, had not seen this material when I talked to him in mid-July, after which I filed the lawsuit to compel the liquor commission and Maguire to allow me to inspect the rec ords," Thornton said. Thornton said Langley had been given only the same generalized report that was given to the press and to his office. Words Exchanged The attorney general stressed that there is no point in prolong ing "this exchange of words" and said the "whole thing" boils down to whether there is or is not something wrong inside the liquor commission "The Governor must have thought so," Thornton continued. "He appointed a private attorney to investigate and by-passed the attorney general's office without even consulting us. Thornton said he had been criticised by the Governor be cause he was conducting his own investigation of the liquor commis sion. Chief Officer "Yet, the attorney general by law is the state's chief law officer and is elected by the people to protect the public interests," Thornton averred. Thornton said the law plainly says the attorney soap opera and often banal comedy go on and on, as well as crime and western thrillers! emotionally upsetting to young sters. The British accustomed -; yy- I i sculptor, Strohm said that the depiction of Burbank on the medallion Vas taken by Burnham when he went to Santa Rosa in 1923 at the famed k..t- t ... i.. :.u in commercial television. Brit-j",,w "US "Z rtT i! T ish advertisers surely will be seT n P'cag?L Th feust was : A. ; made to honor the 50th anniver- vui,uiH0lCl.t 111 iiicrii unci n i . . . f ings. Perhaps they can showffi of Burbank s work ln Cah' American users of the new! iF?: . ouuiiiu am. .vi r. Durnnam wanted each member of the dele gation to have one of the medal- petition, and from all indications of an early check he is going to get it A number of new prizes will be given this year in various di visions of the poultry show. These apply to both the 4-H classes and the open division. In the 4-H division there will bt prizes for the best showmansl;.i this year, one prize to a girl and one to a boy. There will be a new trophy for the best 4-H display in the show and for the champion bird of any breed. The water fowl exhibit in the open classes promises to be larger and more colorful than in many years. Too, the bantam division is expected to be larger than usual. The Northwest Bantam Club offers a trophy to the best bantam in the show, provided the exhibitor is a member of the Northwest Bantam Club or an as sociated club. Jimm Hall offers a pair of Black Oprington bantams to the youngest exhibitor of ban tams in the open class and a pair of Black Opringtons to the young est exhibit in the 4-H bantam show. Cherry Milling Company offers a special prize of a 100 pound sack of Crown Poultry Feed for the champion rare or ornamental bird of the show, and Oregon Game Bird Breeders Association, is offering a trophy for the best pen of five display of game birds. In the market division, Kenneth Jennings, superintendent of the fair poultry show, is offering 25' White Rock chicks each for the best pen of White Rock broilers and White Rock roasters, and Oregon Feed and Farm supply will give a 100 pound sack of poultry, feed for the best pen of broilers or roasters. Since geese have been found to own qualities in addition to those in the roasting pan, their division has been considerably enlarged. This year's show will include a variety of geese. Interest has awakened through the use of ; geese as weeders in mint and -strawberry fields in the valley. The Oregon Turkey Growers Association is giving a trophy for the champion turkey of the show. The Oregon State Fair is a member of the American Poultry Association. Inc., . and will hold its poultry show under the rules of that organization. Hall is rigging up a two hors: cart with a crate of chickens in the back, to give publicity to the State Fair poultry show, during the coming week. He admits that the fair's poultry show has long been a hobby of his. Three Killed InWashington Car Mishaps PORT ORCHARD, tfl Two Navy sailors from the carrier inc law pianuy says uic nioi ucy cnanerj Ta were killed and WO general shall direct the district , ftfh inilIP4Ml thpip rar f:,prf media that audiences can be gained and held without resort to the trash and the sensational. mmmmmmmmmmmmm From Th Statesman Files 10 Jfears Ago Aug. 22, 194S Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the recently buUt Franz Manufacturing Company plant on the Portland road. Loss was estimated around $10,000. The Salem Isaak Walton league, represented by Chris J. Kowitz, petitioned the county court to set aside a narrow strip of county-owned land along the North Santiam River above Gates for a public park and rec reational area. Miss Dorothy Taylor, formerly of the division of social service, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., has arrived . in Oregon to be physical restora tion specialist for the vocational rehabilitation service. Better English By D. C. WILLIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "It sounded like she intended to go, but I was not taken in by her statement.M 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "Mardi Gras"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Parallel, parady, paragon, paradise. 4. What does the word "aber ration" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with ha that mean "calm; peace ful"? . ANSWERS 1. Say, "It sounded as if she intended to go, but I was not misled (or, deceived) by her statement" 2. Pronounce mar-de-gra, both a's as in ah, e as in me unstressed, accent first and 25 Years Ago Aug. 22, 1930 Paul Staley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Staley, arrived in Salem to spend a six week's va cation. On his return .to New York, Paul will be connected with the Bonwitt-Teller Company. The Brooks business district bordering on the Pacific High way was endangered by fire which destroyed the store build ing and filling station owned and operated by Charles Allison. The airplane was pressed into service to bring medical aid to the Alaskan outlands when ter ritorial Health officer Dvighne took off for Klawock, an isolated region, where an outbreak of typhoid fever was reported. 40 Years Ago Aug. 22, 1915 Editorially The dollar day idea has extended to Eugene, Al bany, Portland and other -cities of the Pacific northwest. It was originated in -Salem by the ad vertising manager of The States man. The hot wave which has been gnawing at Portland arrived in Salem. The mercury went to 97. In other parts of Oregon it was even hotter. At Medford the thermometer read 103; Albany 100 and Roseburg 98. A treasurer train containing millions of dollars in gold and securities, shipped from London by way of Halifax, N. S.. passed through New England on its way to New York. lions Matskevich thanked Burnham for "this very, valuable gift." -He said Burbank is honored in the Soviet Union and that this year the Soviet publishing house is going to issue his selected works. He said, "We are very grateful for this token of remembrance." In his parting remarks, Matske vich indicated the group had been impressed by California which, he said, had been made rich and fruit ful as the result of the excellent work and industry of men. "Beside the memory of wonder ful orange groves, he said. "we. in our hearts have memories of the warm feelings toward us of the many Cahfornians with whom had a chance to meet." 30 DIE IX PAKISTAN KARACHI, Pakistan Ufi Thirty "Its an awful price to pay for suits, dresses, shoes . . . Until you remember that we're outfitting them for school, dear! . last syllables. 3. Parody. 4. Act persons have died in the last 24 of : wandering, especially from hours in floods from sudden tor what is right or normal. "Some ' rents in the hilly frontier districti of us never even attempt to cor- of Peshawar Kohat and Dera Is rect our aberrations from the mail Khan, an official source in path of rectitude. 8. Halcyon. Peshawar said Saturday. we attorneys in all criminal cases "How can I direct any district attorney without investigating the facts?" Thornton asked. Thornton said, "If there is any thing wrong inside the huge li quor agency the guilty persons should be exposed, prosecuted or discharged, depending on the seri ousness of their conduct. "The grand jury investigation certainly is in order to obtain this secret data," Thornton said. "But that does not go far enough with the public's business," Thornton said. Out In Open "Let's get this whole affair out in the open." Thornton said the people of Ore gon should demand that Governor Patterson make public the whole record. The scoreboard, as of Sunday, showed three statements by Gov ernor Patterson and three state ments by Thornton in connection with the controversy. Much of the fuel for the recent exchange of statements was pro vided by a decision of -Marion County Circuit Judge George Dun can who held that Thornton has no authority to examine the rec ords in the governor's investiga tion of the liquor commission. others injured as their car failed to make a curve at high speed, took out a guard rail and rolled over on the Keyport Highway Saturday night. The State Patrol at Olympia reported the men killed were: Floyd G. Dalton, 20, and John H. Roth, 18. Dalton was the driver. The accident happened about six miles north of - Bremerton. KENNEWICK 11 Frank Novak 31, was killed Saturday when his automobile failed to make a turn four miles south of Kennew,iek, rolling over several times down a 200-foot embankment. He had been working at Rich-, land as a bartender until about a week ago but left and was be lieved to have taken work in Pendleton, Ore. Oregon Race Called GtfPs Big Challenge PORTLAND UP Don Eastvold, Washington state attorney general. told a Republican picnic Sunday that the greatest challenge in the 1956 election will take place "'right here in Oregon. "Oregon Voters will have a clear- cut choice in the 1956 election... It is incomprehensible that any- one can vote for both President Eisenhower and your senior sena tor" (Sen. Morse, a Democrat.) i Eastvold, the youngest attorney general in the United States, praised President Eisenhow er's administration as a "100 per cent American administration." He said it had bolstered the "belief in a system where busi nessmen have replaced the philos ophers of government.' He urged elimination of dis unity in the party." "We've got to approach this one (the 1956 elec tion) 100 per cent Republican. We are still a minority party and there is no room for disunity. There is a, need from the court house to the White Hduse for bet ter candidates, organization, a better program for America, and, unfortunately, enough money to finance our program." he said. Rain Shrinks School Speech FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UP) Russell K. Britton, director of in struction in the Denver city school system cut short his outdoor com-! mencement address at Colorado A&M College when rain began falling. "This is a state institution," he said, "but we don't believe in soaking the public." 4 Ort&onC3tatt$m&u Phont 4-eon Subscription Rates By carrier in cities: Daily and Sxinday t US per mo. 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