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4-Sec.1)-Statosmn, Siltm, Ora., Thurs., Octebtr 13, 1955 GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclity "No Facot Siccys Vs. Ko Fear Shall Atcem, Front First Statesman. March 28. 1851 Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor & Publisher Published every momlnf Business office J 90 . North Church St. Salem. Ore. Tflephone 4--S1. EMered at the poctoffice at Salem, Ore. as second class matter unaer act of Congress March a. ISIS. Member Associated Press Th Assoefsted Prs Is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed in i this newspaper . Local Help for Onion Growers The entire valley area extends its sym pathy to the Labish Center onion growers u-ho lost; their crop for the third consecutive year this time to the flood waters of the Pudding ! River. Everyone in this commu nity has a stake 'in the success or failure of any ; major crop here, and : when the onion farmers lose, we all lose. Potatoes and some other crops also have been dam aged, tothe regret of all of us. The possibility that the onion growers may qualify for low interest government parent bright spot in the soggy picture of $1,000,000 worth of damage. If the Federal Farm Home Administration decides that the onion crop loss does not amount to a "dis aster" by its definition, 'the fact still re mains that the loss is a disaster for the 175 farmers who suffered it. In that case, the local banks might consider extending low interest loans to local farmers?; This way the area's business community can share the farmers'; plight as concretely as it shares their good fortune in the increased buying power of -the growers. There's been considerable discussion lately about federal-local "partnership" in large de- t velopment projects. If partnership is a good thing per se, ( maybe it would-be . a good thing on a small scale, with local business and local farmers acting in effect as partners to solve a local problem. If it succeeds it might set- an example for the rest of the country in cases of "little" disasters that cannot be called a national problem. (M.W.W.) train any volunteer for any of these pro grams, and wants an opportunity to explain its mission to' other women's groups in the area. We hope that the response to tis challenge will be as gratifying as is the fact that this volunteer service program has been made available. Adenauer's Illness New that Chancellor Adenauer of Ger many lies ill with pneumonia received page bottom play in the newspapers but his in capacitation may have almost as great sig nificance as President Eisenhower's, which rated big headlines around the world. "Der Alte" is 79. The prognosis in his case most likely is not good. His death would be a serious( blow k U.S.-West Ger man relations. Adenauer has been a staunch ally in the struggle to keep West Germany committed to the Western Alliance, and he has fought down strong opposition from members of his government who have urged unilateral dealing with Moscow for German reunification. . The U.S., Britain and France have given West Germany about all they have to give: A place in the family of free nations as a sovereign power, generous help with the re habilitation of German civil and military organization and industry, guarantees of aid in case Germany is attacked by the Soviets The Allies have, in a word, put Germany back on its feet as a strong and independent nation. In exchange for this, Adenauer, . , And now, is playing glorious new coexistence symphony I am composing ... is also good for marching song " in case policy is changing . . j." Opportunity for Salem "Women ; All UUJJi CXCUCU ICVl OllU OUiwwMJ r.vt,... for volunteer service in the state. institutions announced -this week by the Salem United Church Women presents all women of Srlem a splendid opportunity to practice Christian ch?riy in the fullest sen?e of that ttrm. T-,-i-' nrniniltinr and TA Vlr3ll3ls e.TS Vii.nj , - often at a loss to "do somcthin"." of real help s for those who need it most. The rehabilita tion program, outlined with the help and approval of institution heads, offers just that chance to be of direct and personal service. Unlike some other philanthropic or com munity ; service , projects, this program en ables tbe .volunteers to see and take part in hc immpdiate results of their cood works. It is more than the sending of a check or the makirjdSftTT p a bundle ofrjcldolotf sto, ship nf f snrrip-a-hrrp to some' unkarw-ir terion or organization much as that type of charity is needed and appreciated. But this is for reaW as the teenagers sayit is human beings helping human beings the work for which women seem so well qualified and conditioned.- : For the Oregon State Hospital, 50 women are needed to serve in any, number of ca pacities, with or 'without direct patient con tact The School for the Blind welcomes individuals who would be a friend or spon sor for each child, taking the child to Sun day School or other outings. Hillcrest School needs women who would be friends fnr !' crirlc thpr taking a cersonal -inter est" in one girl. The Fairview flome needs women who would tell stories or sing songs for the children there. The TB hospital needs volunteers to help cheer the patients. The United Church Women's rehabilita tion committee is prepared to. recruit and together with his foreign minister,' Heinrich von Brentano, has kept his country in the Western power bloc. But there are two major German desires which the West cannot satisfy: The return of lost German territory now held by Poland, and reunification of Eastern Germany with Western Germany. m Adenauer's political op ponents, mainly the Socialists, have harped continually against West Germany rearma ment and for reunification at almost any price., Adenauer also favors reunification, but he has been unwilling to pay the price Russia would ask, i.e. "neutralization" of a united Germany in the world power bal ance. . ' The reason that Adenauer's illness could be even more damaging to the status quo than Eisenhower's illness is that Adenauer has no such "team"- as Eisenhower does to insure that his policies will be continued even though he is unable to remain at 'the, helm. The German coalition government deoends much more ton a strong man for actual administration than does our govern ment ' ' Should Adenauer lose his grip to his oo ponents. the Western hold in Eurooe inevit ?My will be we?kened. Meanwh'le, the We-t will watch doly the jockeying for position around von Brentano. FaMBCU ana (Continued from Page 1) Salem Workmen Reject Union as Bargaining Agent Shop department employes of the Valley Motor Co., have voted 26-5 against having the AFL Machinists Union as their bargaining agent, Robert Wiener of the National La bor Relations Board reported at Portland Wednesday. The firm is one of three Salem automobile agencies the union is picketing. Others are the Douglas McKay agency and Loder Bros. Milo Holt, of Salem, business representative of the Machinist Union, said Wednesday night his union would continue to picket Valley Motor." Court Rejects Grant Water Rights Ruling "Ml i Oregon's Forestry department, which only Tuesday was busy helping locate two lost Salem, hunters; apparently was in trouble itself Wednesday morning. The! U.S. flag on the pole in front of the forestry headquarters building was flying upside; down the uni jversal signal for 'distress, j Railbirds were wopdering if the forestry office wasn't sink ing beneath the wave of scented socks sent in by deer-stalking sportsmen. ... i i A number of Salem school parent groups ' 1 tare getting up a petition asking KLOR-TV to U Ljrescbedule its Wednesday night Disneyland series," now on, at 8 o'clock, to an earlier time. Says it keeps the kids up too late and precipitates too j many go-to-bed arguments. The only laggards on the petition band-wagon are dads who promise to start a battle of their own if the re-scheduling interferes with the i Wednesday night fights. Boxing, that is ... . Speaking of TV, why doesn't somebody petition the wheels on $64,000 Question to lay off some of those time-consuming commercials? Tuesday night's show was fine as far is it went. But a lot of viewers were dis appointed when time ran out on Paddy Keou?h, but seemed to go on forever for commercials, announcements, credit lines and shots of the stage. ' ! ! The man who complained about parking meter fine envelopes tasting like sulphur on muggy ;days, now has a new gripe. Seems .that in this damp weather the orange dye on the envelopes runs, and gives his ink-stained fingers a sort of Halloween, effect . . . . i j j The four-year struggle to get a homeless Italian girl into this country for adoption by the Franco Cose family of Salem has behind it the determination 'and love of Cosco's mother in Italy. Mrs. Cosco senior took the abandoned baby at three months and nursed her through pneumonia, j And when Mrs. Cosco the younger visited her mother-in-law j in Italy recently , she found her to be just the kind of woman to make' love and affection pay off. Mamma Cosco has raised four chil dren and a number of nieces and nephews and always had a houseful of people. One day, during her visit, '.the American Mrs. Cosco found her mother-in-law taking a tiny wren, which had been plucked featherless by street boys. J When daughter-in-law tried to explain that the; bird would never survive while cased with the family canary. Mamma merely replied: "In my home all things thrive." Sure enough, by the time the young Coscos were ready to return! to the U.S.,. the wren was growing new feathers and eating well. The and the instinct for spending less than i is received gives insurance that the capital will accumulate to bei handed down when its pres ent owners pass on. This is bow ever a slow process compared with i the increment from capital employed in an expanding econ omy. Wi went over to Dorset Plav. bouse for the performance of' Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw. The company was the Caravan Theatre which has been! coming to Dorset for sev eral seasons of summer and fall "stock." They put on a good "show, the leads being quite well done; 1 he playhouse is another of the Decision of the Grant Countv "barns" such as the Pentacle : Circuit Court in a suit for an in-! Friday to prepare a questionnaire Players use on the Dallas road, junction involving rights to use to send out to growers. Farmers This lone was built from a pair 'waters from two springs located! are to list the amounts of their of old barns which were torn! upon lands owned by William W. j losses, f These reports will be down, and the lumber moved by Gardner and his wife, Jessie Card- compiled 'and sent to the federal sled in wintertime. In the recon- j ner, was reversed by the state Farmers Home Administration struction the weathered side of Supreme Court Wednesday. i i.r..,ii- i i . the siding was. turned in, which! The lower court had held for the ' , "T IS k, J V7 certainly gives the interior an ' defcndants including C. W. Dollina ? r w aged; appearance as do the hewn ! and Chester I. Elliott and W. C foU'reor of federal Agr timbers which frame the struc-1 Elliott. Circuit Judge Charles II .ure redl Bureau, said Wednes ture.i The seating arrangement Combs presided at the trial in the day Vzt emergency creo.it may bo is conventional, and good lighting lower court. 1 Pr0.v,ded farmers in areas in has been provided. The question involved was whe- i wl"cn : "substantial production Coffee and cookies are served ther the springs were Sources of ' lsss occur because of natural entre acts, a la Pentacle. In a 'certain creeks from which the de-' causes and. disasters and create sideroom open during the inter-' fendants were entitled to draw , need ; credit not otherwise ludes is a showing of paintings, water. The; springs drained into a ; available.". mis i ueiug aumcuung ui tu an aucn consiruciea in ibm ana not . Labish Onion Survey Flood Damage Uteimaa News ferric LABISH CENTER As flood waters partially receded Wednes day onion growers were survey ing damage one to their bumper crop by the high water and recent' I vy rains. '"Some growers, whose fields were not flooded, are taking the onions in from the field and are topping and storing them," said one grower Wednesday night. "Whether the rain has dam aged these beyond salvage re mains to be seen. But where fields were flooded, salvage is practically impossible." Meanwhile plans moved ahead to survey the farmers' financial loss, preparatory to an attempt to secure government financial aid. A growers committee will meet center. into creeks. The high court held that even Lf 1 1 0 T C 1WI13 JUUW JLUl Jobless Pay A good local weekly is pub-' assuming that the waters from the lished here and of course I paid . two springs were headwaters of my respects in a caw on the ed- Little Dog Creek prior to 1864, itor. G. S. Bennett. It serves the with construction of the Hillis ' country between Bennington and! Ditch, they were entirely severed! Rutland. 1 from the creek. and thereafter had; Insured unemployment contin- , I took a closer look at the war i no other channel or outlet for a ued at) low levels establishet" in memorial on the village green, period of approximately 90 years. ! mid-August, the State Unemiloy It isi built of tough Vermont gran- j In the absence of proof of actual ' ment Compensation Commission ite, a rouna column standing on , damages resulting from the tres- reported Wednesday. iop pi a square oase. jne ngure is not a Green Mountain boy there is one of him at Rutland but! a conventional ' figure of a soldier of the Revolutionary war. ' The monument was erected in 1905, and bears bronze plaques with, names of men serving in the wars through the Civil war. On the I plaque for the Revolution pass of the defendants the court! Claims for compensation lave said the Gardners would be en- remained below 7.000 for seven titled to nominal damages, and ; weeks which almost awarded them $100. marks set during the summer of 1952 and well under later years. With the beginning of cold and wet weather, particularly in the higher MALIGNANT. TREND Five years ago Kent Cooper, former execu tive director of the Associated Press, wrote a book entitled "The Right to Know". It Was a " survey of the trends in America toward censor ship and suppression of news by governmental bodies.; ' Cooper withheld publication of his book, hop ing that the , pendulum would "? swings toward freedom of information. He has surrendered that hope and his book will be published early next year. ; Instead of a reversal, says Cooper, the situa tion is in some respects slowly "pressing toward the totalitarian pattern of procedure in the sup pression of news. It is doing so J . . without realizing that it was the antithesis of this prac tice which helped to make this nation great Since governments throughout the world, includ ing our own, are now engaging in; suppression of jiews and the use of news as propaganda, the patriotic motive in stressing ' attention thereto is based upon a conviction that such govern ment practices are malignant." It cannot be denied that the twin diseases of government secrecy and propaganda are spread ing in the local, state and national units. This seems to evoke no great public interest. Citizens may become concerned if the time arrives when Coscos, who already have two, children o; their own, 'point out there are a lot more homeless, motherless wrens these days in Europe in need of feathers and fjod .... LEGION STAG PLANNED American Leeion Post 136 will have an TEarly Bird .Stag" for elevations, the number of claim Legionnaires and guests Nov. 10. ! ants is expected to rise, officials ,i ... , , .1 - w vcriciaua fav, Ik was till- . War of 1812. 37. only a few for ; STIf .5 V? Payments to those.unable to find the Mexican war. and 125 for the S'llL ha k Vetf a"5 f U,t.ai0e,3c0b!u dr,Pped ,ast monA Civil War. The comparison be-iKayrhf"dlfa"d.Jafnie!n 5,ac,ed 0 J476'56' lowest since July, tween numbers for the Revolu- S, ;of obtainin2 bands for 1952. and more than 57 per cent tion and the Civil War is interest- the paradei under September, 1954. ing.j Surely there was a growth ' in population between the two, but j perhaps ; the enrollment for the former embraced a larger area. At any rare the manpower here sorely responded on the call to arms in both wars. reports oi governmental operations consist entire ly of handouts and the reporting agencies are .mere .clacques , for self-perpetuating politicians. (McMinnville Daily News-Register) School Reporter GOP Politicians to Urqe Eisenhower Pick Successor if He Bows Out as Candidate Time Flies:, From The i Statesman Filet ?Bt JOSEPH AND i STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON - Assoon as President Eisenhower is "well enough to talk politics he will be urged by influential Republic can party leaders Ho. do two things. First, he will be urged to take himself out of the 1956 race as soon as pos s i b 1 e, if he feels he must do so and de spite the good news from Denver, hardly a n y b ody be lieves that he will run again. Second, the President will be urged to desig nate the candidate of his choice when he himself bows out, or shortly thereafter.; As long as there is thought to be the faintest chance of his r u n n l ng the Ml 3 i Mr art AImm magic Eisen hower name wilt kill all other candi riacies. it surely, as the fabled upas tree kills ev erything in its shade. Until the President ti n equivocally bows out, the whole candidate-' picking machinery wi3 be thrown into confusion, moreover, be cause every would-be delegate will fervently pledge himself to Eisenhower. For such reasons the Party managers, appalled at the thought of losing Eisenhower as a ca"ndidate, have nevertheless, decided that if it were done, 'twere well It were done quickly. They hope the President will withdraw, if withdraw he must. y early January or even De ny v-. tv. cember, to T'i I he will give the nod to his chosen i heir, if not as soon as December . or January, at least by early spring. ' As Harold E. Stassea has said, ! "The mu President Elsenhower : wishes te have nominated will ; b nominated." Stassrn is rer ' tainly right . T a far greater extent than generally realized, the Republican party organiza tion is now in the hands of men ' to whom Eisenhower's slightest . word is law. To take one ex ' ample, in 1952 most of the 48 state chairmen were Taft mea. Now 37 of the 48 have been re placed with fervent Eisenhower ' lies, and the survivors are Elsen hower men, too. Add the" President's enormous prestige, and it is almost im possible to imagine a situation in which a Republican convention will vote against his known wishes. He is not expected to announce his choice formally, of course. He need only let it be known whom he favors, as Pres ident Theodore Roosevelt let it be known that he favored Wil liam Howard Taft. Then all seri ous opposition in the Party to the i President's candidate will almost certainly fade away, or at least go underground. The ; political advantages in having the President ' choose, and choose early, are obvious. Present campaign plans, which : it is Im late U alter, were of course made on the assumption that the candidate would be Dwight D. Eisenhower. After " a brief, late, heavily televised tm palga. It was smugly believed, the President wonld be a shoo- in. Bat ,no one belieVes any other Republican -candidate will be a sheo-la. ers are turning i against ' the Party. Any Republican candi date whose name is not Dwight D. Eisenhower is going to need plenty of building up. Suppose that the President gives the nod to the man of his choice by March or April say to Vice President Richard Nixon, whom most of the organization men favor. Then Nixon will be almost certain of the nomination, , despite his numerous collection of enemies. The Nixon build-up can then begin right away, car rying on right through to Elec tion Day. But suppose, instead, that the President makes no choice at all, publicly or privately. The build up for the eventual candidate, is then likely to take the form of the kind of bitter public intra party brawl, lasting all next spring and summer which docs a candidate the maximum of harm. Such are the reasons why the President will be urged to choose his man, and choose him early. How the President will " respond to the pressure to choose makes an interesting personal equation. The act of choosing will make him enemies almost automatically, and the President does not like Bo make enemies unnecessarily. The President also has a sense of what is historically fitting, and to des ignate the candidate would mean to risk repudiation of his per sonal choice by the voters an anticlimatlc way of ending a fab ulously s access ful public career. Those who know the President best are thus inclined to guess that he will remain above the battle, designating no candidate of his choice. In that case, the Party battle the President will 10 Years Ago October II. 1M5 The. famed Stilwell road across Burma, built at' a cost of $37,000,. 000 to funnel war supplies to 'China, will be abandoned Novem ber 1, as a white elephant. The U. S. army announced that the historic road, completed after 14 months of engineering strug gle, could not be maintained eco nomically in peace-time. Oregon's school district post war construction program to ag gregate in excess of $20,000,000, is now being formulated. Rex Putnam.. State Superintendent of public instruction, reported. Russell A. Morley, a graduate of Salem High school in 1942, and a junior at the Willamette uni versity Geology department, un covered in a Plicstocene area of Harney lake, Harney , county, the remains of a Bison, 20,000 year old. ? 40 years Ago ; October 13, 1915 Another (costly improvement that is to be made at the Che mawa Indian school is the re modeling of the auditorium for which $10,000 was appropriated, by the last! session of congress. A, new healing plant is also be ing installed. Appearing at both North and LSouth Salem high schools Tues day was tnck pistol shot Da monj who is a field representa tive of a national association of school principals. He demonstrat ed his skill with a revolver and knowledge as an author on fire arms. Damon's shooting equipment consisted of a Colt's Officers Model revolver in .22 caliber, a .38 caliber revolver and a metal bullet stop which caught the bul lets, f His first trick was to shoot from across the stage and break a candy wafer with his first shot. Other trick shooting in his program included splitting a bul let on a knife so that each half of the projectile would break a different object. Included in Damon's program was a complete display of his collection of shotgun shells. As he presented each of his collec tion of over 20 gauges he gave a short rundown on the history of each. For many years Damon has taught high school and college students about gun safety. Your EYESV (l 1 Modern "school m arms' are style conscious, ust tike their i sisters in business and other professions. Today' teachers have found that, for COMFORT and SMARTNESS, our new plastic frames keep them right at the head of their class. 422 Court St. OPTOMETRIST Convenient Terms Phont 3-3091 Alfred Hplman, editor of the San Francisco Argonaut and, of the Oakland Tribune, will be one of the speakers at the meeting of the Oregon Editorial associa tion in Saltm. E. E. Brodie of Qregon City, is president of the ' inS jtruck editor s association. : Truck Tire. Wheel Found on Highway T.ni. The full report of the circum stances of jhe condemnation and execution Of Miss Edith Cavell, ah Englishwoman and head of a training school in Brussels, for helping English, French and Bel gian soldiers escape from Bel gium, was! issued by the British government. Finding of a big truck tire and ! l I trT - . m wt s. wneei un jusi norm oi rsonn iir i v. ri 'tir iniirir-!MCi-N7?m-7n! The 12-ply 10x20 Goodyear tire' lf'llfPH liii;fl'-''''-'-"'-"'--'H- wasj found by a state highway lii.l maintenance crew where it had !il apparently bounced from a pass-' life' I lUiav v,Mir name REAPPOINTMENT SEEN The State Board of Control, at a fli 1 ills meeting early in November, is ex-' J pected -to consider reappointment ( of A. A. Rogers as state superin- 'l tendent of banks. His current term l' expires Dec. 1. He has served as ifi- banking superintendent since 1939.; uT-lLL; 25 Years Ago mTmm'mmrfm ssuxies. They further hope that . that many Middle Western farm On the contrary, the Renubli- can Party managers privately" " remain above may well turn into admit that they are badly wor- battle royaL i red. above aa by the evidence CopyTilhU ms, N,w Vork H.r.id Tribune Ice.) October 13. 1910 The annual state high school basketball tournament will be held at Willamette university in Salem. March 18. 19, 20 and 21. according to a decision reached at a meeting of the state high school athletic board of control. For the first time in two years an American warship was steam ing toward a Latin American re public to protect, if necessary, American lives which might be endangered in revolutionary ac tivities. After a see-saw struggle for three periods of football, the College of Idaho was smothered under Willamette's touchdown and defeated 24 to 14 in Idaho's first night game and in a new bowl dedicated when Gov. H. C Baldridge tossed the ball to the players. Better English By O. C. WILLIAMS I 1. 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