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'I iStt. n Sbitesmin. Salem. Ore.. Monl. Nov. 21 X5 S- "Wo Fflcor Sways Us. So Fear Shall Aw from first Statesman March zl, 1151 SI Statesman Publishing Company 5 CHARLES A. SPRACUeI Editor & fubluhet . rHibhshed every biothIuj. Business office ISO J North Church U lalMB. Offc TfkphoB 4-Wll , Catered at the poatotflee at Salem, Ore- aa oeeond Jjj class Hiitff unaar act of ConareM) March S. 1V9. . Member Associated Frets The Associated Praia Is entitled exeluslTely to the oa See republication at all local news mated la ; thia newspaper . - m ja-av a vmuo W vtuivu - The Department of Commerce has run up- . on its adding machine the totals of U.S. foreign aid in the ten postwar years. The tape shows V figure of $51 billion. That is more than a person really can comprehend "an it iut nna Viillinn for that matter. Hut even the ordinary guy knows that's a "whale of a lot of money. And so was the $51 bil- .. lion.-,-. -'l, '.''-'. Where did it go, and how? The lion's share, $40 billion, was given away. The remaining $11 billion was in ioans though no report is given on how good the chances of . col lection are. The forty billion in grants was J. chiefly $25.6 billion for economic assist- ance; ana J4.6 was tor military aia, mutual defense and such. The Marshall plan was designed to restore the economics of countries in western turope, so it is not surprising that they got nearly j two-thirds of the $51 billion total. Asia and the Pacific countries received $10 billion and - the Middle East a little over $4 billion. Latin America and eastern Europe (before the cold -J war) got over a billion each. These are tremendous sums. We may jus tify them in terms of self-interest It surely was to our advantage and for our security that gifts and loans were made to our friends in Europe. Now the same argument is used t",."to justify more grants to Asia and the Middle Xast, but there we do not build on so firm ! and so friendly a foundation. This export of ' J 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 M capital and credits. Much of it has been in C the form of American-made goods and- Amer- ican-produced commodities. This' has been and certainly it has helped domestic produc ers and manufacturers. Our great problem now is to get off the hook. Can we Uper off our givin? and incur no risk in our international relations? Also, can we do that and still keep our domestic industry grinding at full speed?" We ought to be slacking off in this foreign aid. We cannot wet ' nurse all the nations, and the prospect of gaining political advantage there by is not sure. And it isn't healthy, except as an'expedient, to wet nurse home industry by giving away our substance. The United States can take great satisfac tion however in the course it has followed since the world war. No nation in "history has ever matched its generosity, ' giving aid. to allies and to former enemies in great amounts. Self-interest was not our only con- extending the helping hand is strong among Americans. They could not bear to see and hear of the distress and suffering which be f fell Europeans in the wake of the war. If i there is an award for Distinguished Service for nations the United States is well entitled to it for this $51 billion worth of aid to our stricken neignoors. , . Poor 'Screening on. Appointments With the best intentions in the world to put in office only capable men dedicated to serve the public interest, President Eisenhow er has had his share of misfits, or worse. The reason is that he has to rely on advisers to screen possible names, and often these ad . visers are influenced by' political pressures. The party workers put on the heat to get - jobs for their friends or supporters and often for lack of . an acceptable alternative their - recommendations are accepted. , ! ' While the traffic in government '. favor hasn't been as crass as it was in the former : administration' some appointees have had to resign under public pressure if not at White House urging. Harold Talbott resigned as Secretary of the Air Force, Peter Strobel quit as supervisor of public buildings for GSA. Now Hugh W. Cross of .the interstate commerce commission istinder fire for mix ing in the award of railway contracts. Trav elers through Chicago have long used the buses pi Parmelee Transfer between railway stations. , After holding this business for many decades the company lost the contract to another outfit . The imputation , is that Cross bad something, to do with it. He de nies he was offered a job by the rival con- cern, but apparently he dd discuss the con tract award with some of the parties. That was at least a breach of discretion. " , ' Most of the Eisenhower appointees have been persons of high caliber ahd great abil ity who came in to helo him do a job. But a good many were run-of-mine, and toomany of them have been tarred by-administration critics because of their past business asso ciations. Lack of acquaintanceship with men in public and political life was a handicap to Mr. Eisenhower when he became presi dent The real difficulty is that the person nel job for the chief executive is too burden some because of the multitude of appoint ments to be made. Whoever is president the next four years should install a better sift ing and screening staff at the White House. Now this John Gilbert Graham denies he planted a bomb on the UAL plane out of Denver on which his mother was a passenger. He repudiates the alleged confession and says it was made under duress. That is a frequent dodge of persons accused of crime. In this case the state, which has caused his indict ment for murder, will have to prove that his confession was valid or else be forced to rely pretty much4 on. circumstantial evidence. In that event it. would have to combat the old foe of prosecutors: "reasonable doubt" We have recently seen in Oregon how this can be used to obtain an acquittal . . 1 ; THANKSGIVING ' V-:' WAV MOT. RUM, ' ) ' ' , f ) BUT OW,you.;, ) WV I OQCtfPe RITV!! X CO A . II IT V ' V : -VJV 1 II V N: I (ConUnued from page 1) , mFEOM STATESMAN FILES r ' : 7aW. neporting- Orego ri U. Oregon State Game -News in Nebraska' ( Editor' ante: Weaken Wekb, aaaaaclag editar af The Orim Statesaaa, it aa a trla ta attraa the AuacUua Presi Manainf Kditori' eanvcntlaa la Calarad Springs aa t aanrcy Mverml major aewtaaaer aperaUaat la U Midwest aad Saata.). , , B WENDELL WEBB Maaagiag EdlUr, The Statesmaa LINCOLN. Nebr.-Miss Valen tine kept us so coffee-logged as stewardess on United Air Line's Denver to Lincoln milk run Sun- Home owners and nurserymen are keeping close watch on their plantings to see how" much, damage was done by the recent cold snap. Fears have been expressed that many , of the flowering shrubs as camelias and rho dodendron have suffered injury. Folk recall the damage done to such shrubs in the severe winter of 1949-50. In Clackamas county, which is a heavy producer of holly, the freeze blackened berries on the holly trees, and a r loss of from 50 to 73 per Cent of this year's crop is reported. "This was. certainly an ill wind which blew out of the North. mean a big turnover of capital in itself. When the Foundation reinvests the proceeds that will churn . the securities markets more.' The Foundation will not find it easy to pick up corpor ate securities it wants in the size package such big-scale in vestors litre to handle. So it seems probable that it will turn initially to government issues, buying treasury notes as offered and government bonds which it can' pick up in volume from banks. Since it got to functioning ; a few years ago the Ford Founda tion has had an embarrassment of riches in the way of accumu lated" income. Since it is not a heavy commitments In this area have not been tested recently by any serious depression most of the trusts appear to be pru dently managed. . . - Ever since the congressional inquiry into foundations made by Rep. Carroll Reece of Ten nessee a little over a year ago ' these big non-profit foundations have been s-nsitive to public, criticism and possible adverse legislation. Because of its size and its operations Ford Founda tion is very much in the lime ligbt - Its impending venture into capital markets will bring it. even more under public scru tiny. "Admittedly it is not a light responsibility which its trustees Carry. K The FBI has arrested a roan down in Ar kansas for taking part in the robbery of the bank at Umatilla last Auzust when a pair of . bandits got away with $57,500 of the bank's funds. That's a long reach, and how the of ficers put their finger on the guy should prove an interesting story. The United States spent several hundred millions on basea in Morocco on agreements made with the French government The Sul tan seys he wasn't consulted and will look into the concessions. Now that he is back on the job with more authority than ever, Uncle Sam may find himself subject to a squeeze. That is one trouble with bargains for bases in odd corners of the world, you never know when the government you deal with may be upset. ' ' business concern itself but a non-profit organization it has 'tMiikLaL-gtX. naa to get tnis income into cir culation. Jest it lose its 'exemp tion from taxation as a non profit corporation. This is not an easy task. Some of its grants, such as $13 million for Fund for the Republic, have sparked criti cism, but the Foundation itself disclaims responsibility after its grant is made. Better English' By D. C WILLIAMS ' 10, Years Ago Nov. 21, 1945 Christmas cheer kettles of the Salvation aArmy made their first seven downtown Salem corners. Capt R. B. Lesher, command ing clfirer, announced the ket tles will soon be . used every chopping day until Christmas.:; Francis G. Leserer resigned as manager of the Salem Mont gomery Ward Company store and will go with the C. C. An derson - northwest department store chain. He will go to Boise; . ' . ! Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hager, - Route 6, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this week at their home. They were married at Dodge Center, Minnj Mr, Hager is 83 and Mrs. Hager 81 yearr old. . , Most of the public founda tions list their, grants in (heir annual reports. One of the larg- est and most successful is the Rockefeller Foundation, and it gives frequent and detailed re ports on its distribution of funds. It has the benefit of ma turity and an experienced staff which passes on proposals for expenditure. Ford Foundation has had some staff changes. Its What was all that-talk about Molotov being on the way into the discard? For a1 con demned Bolshevik he was pretty lively at Geneva, j Well timed advertising of food 'markets featuring lower prices of pork has greatly stimulated sales of pork. One big chain Safeway says its sales of pork in Oregon stores have spurted 23 per cent. This has,, processing of appeals for aid however, had a contra effect on the turkey should improve as its staff of market. Prices of turkeys are down about a dime a pound to meet the competition of cheap pork. On Thanksgiving Day this year consumers should be happy even if hog and turkey growers are a bit glum. examiners and appraisers gain in experience. Shoveling out money can of itself become ard uous, and. there is always the danger that the money will be dissipated or spent futilely. 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I am, sure" I can do it better than, her, so why not try me out?'- 2. What is the correct pro nunciation ' of "simultaneous"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled?' Guidence, con-, dolence, acquiescence, depend-' ence. 4. What does the word Tim merwn" mean? . 5. What 'is a word, beginning with fa that means "a penalty"? . ANSWERS : 1. Say, "better than she," and , omit "out" i 2. Pronounce first ' syllable as "sigh." 3.. Guidance. 4. Shrouded in gloom or dark '. ness. "The Cimmerian aspect : of the place was depressing." 5. Forfeit bflndecisive, Uncertain' Label Being Tagged Oh Stevenson by Both Foes; Adlai Himself Man Facing Theft Charge a m v..- v a a t--a :;- ,-v By STEWART ALSOP f CHICAGO This last week in Chicago has been, of course, very much Adlai Stevenson's week. He has been front and center, while his two chief rivals. Aver rell Harriman and Estes Kefau ver. to their visible annoyance, have : been cast as supporting players, peeking shyly out from the winss. i Yet Stevenson's week has not uot nly decided ia his mind about his political strategy, he hat alsa keea receiviag divM ed cauaseL Oae gran af advis ers, which iaclndes like Mayer Richard Daley af Caica ga aad Barry Blagkam, the able publisher who Is ta head the Val trers far StCYeasaa. larara btli course. Aaather groap, whose leader appears to he the ewly appoiated SteveasiR maa- ager, James Fuaegaa, farors a where all the cards are stacked in Kefauver's favor. The issue is still unsettled, and before it is decided, some discreet pulse fueling will be undertaken in New Hamnsh're. But unless it is founds that New Hampshire Getting back to investment of Ford Foundation assets,, it should have no trouble obtain ing competent advisers for this, yirgil Bay Craig. Salem Route chore. Wall Street is full of in- 6 Box 1006, -was arrested on a vestment analysts and security charge of larceny of an auto fol appraisers and industrial engi- lowing a minor traffic violation neers who can look behind the early Sunday, police reported, fancy annual reports of corpor- The 1954 Mercury he was driv ations to find out how good they fo2 was registered to the United really are. Managing investment Association Local Union No. 38 funds such as trusts, endow-; San Francisco, Calif., police ment, pension and welfare funds 8aid. This was determined after it is now a trade In itself. In re- was found that Craig did.' not been a complete success all the same. Stevenson has one great I Pf f mialmaia risk. central problem as a political leader. After a time, the Amen- can public devel-1 - 'ops a 'mental I W V ' ' -1 on image,- wmcn is I t j i often more cari-t-' cature than Taith ful portrait, of R .X my leadinglX J v v. IT cian. With a lot of help from Stevenson's ene mies, and a good deal of help from Stevenson himself, the pub lic image of Stevenson is begin ning to be that of an intelligent but indecisive man, honest but uncertain. I s Such a public image of Stev enson could' be politically fatal Therefore, as many of his friends and supporters are well aware, . his Erst objective must be to smash the image, and replace it with an image of confidence and decision. Stevenson could have begun to smash the image last week. But he has failed to do so. , Oa the contrary, the Imago of Bacertalaty has Wei strength caed. Ta all ajaestioM a boat Ids plans for primaries, other thaa MiaaesoU, Steveason . aaswered ' that he had Mt made ap his dad. He even replied that he had aot yet decided whea asked whether he woald go lato Mlaae- aeta to campaign. The problem of Kefauver and the primaries typifies the dif ference between the two groups, and the conflict-in Stevenson's own mind. Aside from the pos sibility of the emergence cf a candidate acceptable to the whole South (and the suggest ion that Sen. Lyndon 'Johnson might run despite bis h;?rt at tack causes the Stevenson men to start back in horror) there is only one rerl obstacl to Stev enson's nomination. That is the risk of being beaten in an im portant primary by E?te Ke fauver.. (,''. . i. The advocates af - boldness want to meet this danger head on. They claim that their saaa can clobber Kefaaver anywhere.' They aaay even favor Stevenson taking oa Kefaaver ia the New Hampshire primaries, where . Kefaaver beat Harry S. Tnunaa ia 1952. Kaock Kefaaver oat ia New Hampshire, argue the bold men, and the whole rtory Is told ' Stevenson caa stop worryiag abeat Aaeust aad concentrate a November. Above all, Stev enson will stand oat as the con fident candidate, willing to take ' -a all eoaaers. . i - y;. ' The advocates of caution ar-. gue, no doubt with good reason, that it is silly to risk a serious set-back for ; Stevenson in i; given to common stocks because : Craig said be had returned to of the lure of higher yields and the city only about an hour be possible capital gains. While the fore he was stopped, police said. c;RIN AND BEAR IT Bv Liciity The fact k that XUream to small, heavily XepubUeaa state Stevenson, the advoc-te, " cent y.ears Preference has been have an operator's license tion are likely to have their . wav. . Meinwhile. the whole Steven son str?te?v is in dn?r of fall ing between two stools. Fven Stevenson's most c-utious advis ers aeree tat risks are going to have to be tsten sooner or later othfrw'se Stevenson will be accused of ducking a fight. There is no ne in' the Steven son entotr-"e, for ernmol, who doubts tVt Stevpnon w'll hve .to entr t. CaV'n'-nia primary, and roV.blv least one, or two rf'S s W"'l. , Yet Stevenson las failed to ; take credit even for the risks -he H ertainly going to have to rin. Hi anaonacement that he would go into Minne sota, where his victory is sup ' pesedly assured, and which ' everyone had known about for '' weeks, was greeted with bored yawns. Bat if he had announced that he was going into California too be would have grabbed headlines all j over te country, ' and stood . forth as the happy, confident warrior. . Instead, he said that he had not made un his mind about California either. Thus, quite unnecessarily, the public image - of Stevenson as the man ,with .the unmade mind was strength ened rather than weakened dur ing the last week. Soon, before it is too late, Stevenson must find a way to smash the image, . once and for alL . ! (Cooyrlfht 5J. New York Htraid Tribune, lac) 25 Years Ago . Nov. 21, 193 The Parrish Junior sHigh school rooters were let out' of school and hurried across ding er field just in time to see their team slip over a touchdown, the only score of the game, after just three minutes of play ia the second Leslie-Parrish game of the season. j j The preparatory disarmament commission adopted the Dutch proposal supported by the Unit ed State's guaranteeing publicity for war preparations and ma terials and finished the week with a record of progress n drafting a general disarmament treaty at Geneva. : j Two Salem boys will be seen in action in moving pictures of a recent game in Chicago. The two boys are Charles Kay Bisb oo and Tommy Livesley. The occasion for the picture is the game, between Culver and St. John s academy. . ... ...... . 40 Years Ago " Nov. 21, 1915 ' The game to decide the state i football championship for teams of the high school class was staged on Willamette field be tween Columbia University of Portland and Salem High school After wallowing in the mud the game was tied. Peter A. B. Widener,-strong est financial power in Philadel phia, a city in which million aires are common, is dead in his 81st year. He was worth S60, 000,000 at the time of death, j " Governor ; Withycombe re ceived an invitation from Henry Ford, millionaire automobile manufacturer and pacificator,! to be one of Mr. Ford's guests on GOP Leader Refutes Talk By Stevenson (Story also on Page 1.) WASHINGTON Wi ' Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the Republican National Committee said Sunday night Adlai Stevenson is "talking bunk in his attacks on the Eisen hower administration. Stevenson, who is seeking the 1936 Democratic presidential nom ination, said in a speech at Chica go Saturday night the administra tion oners a snasy peace. Decep tive prosperity and no progress. Hall said ma statement .that Stevenson's kickoff speech "made it clear why be was repudiated by the voters so completely, in 1952 that he could carry only nine states." v -' " Stevenson was the 1952 Democra tic presidential nominee. .. "The defeated Democrat stand ard, bearer was up to his usual reminiscent of his first unsuccess ful campaign. Slaking' Told Stevenson declared that "today most Americans dwell upon the plateau of prosperity which the Republicans inherited from us" but he argued that the well-being of 20 million Americana on farms "is sinking while the Republican cheer leaders shout: 'Everything is boom- ins but the guns'. To this Hall I retorted: : "Stevenson's attack on an ad ministration that has an all-time record - of 63 million Americans working at the best Jobs they ever had and enjoying the highest stand ard of living known to man, will get him absolutely nowhere. The people know he is talking bunk... Hall said Stevenson .has "noth ing but sneers for the' peace and prosperity of this administration. !Yet," he continued, "that is something the .Democrats could never- achieve together. Neither Mr. Truman nor - Mr. Roosevelt were able to produce prosperity without war nor peace without un employment." 1 Hall declared that "In the peace time interludes during their admin istrations, Mr. Roosevelt had as many as V million unemployed and Mr. Truman had -close to five million." i - Farm Policy j , As for Stevenson's criticism of Republican farm; policy, Hall said "Stevenson appears to get a pecu liar sense of satisfaction out of the fanner's plight but what he hopes to gain by it is hard to under stand. - "Instead of trying to make poli tical capital out of a -situation brought on by the ruinous farm policies of the Truman adminis tration he ought to suggest a con structive solution. All he can do however is weasel, saying first one thing and then another, without apparent embarrassment." Stevenson declared that despite President Eisenhower's effort at the Geneva summit conference "the cold war is still in a deep freeze" with the free nations . se curity system "deteriorating" and a safe and orderly world still a distant goal." . ' . Hall's comments on that were terse: His attack on our foreign policy indicates' he is following the Tru man-Acheson line. I believe the people have had enough of that." day -we couldn't unlimber at fre-' quent stops. But at least she had no problem getting her passen gers, back aboard. Her major, problem was informing old goats thati,"No, she wasnt' staying in Lincoln this evning, she was going to Chicago." . Snow-clad Rockies were oui in all their sunrise- glory when the plane left Denver, and 'twas sum mery 65 degrees when it arrived in Lincoln. But faces were still downcast . here from Oklahoma's 41-0 walloping of Nebraska Sat urday. Surprisingly, Sunday paper had 17 lines on Oregon's 28-0 upset of Oregon Stajte. . v 'Not Too Uareservedr Travelling with no set schedule poses a problem in ' hotel reser vations, but the registration girl at the Cornhusker Hotel here said she didn't mind unreserved guests so long, as tney weren too un -reserved. Thus far on--this trip we'd say ' those Oregon legisla tors who've complained about the price of accommodations in Salem don't have much to kick about. Power remains a big issue in Nebraska with Sunday's paper de . voting three pages to explanation of current difficulty based ob squabble between two public pow er districts as to which should build badly needed generating plant It isn't like ' Northwest's problem of public versus private or partnership development of hydro-electric facilities. Nebras ka is the only state In the union wmcn nas no private .power. Join Production Lincoln Journal and Star are among the many papers wnicn in recent years have found it feas ible . to join, production . facilities as a matter of economy while rtill retaining separate entity so far as news and editorial depart ments are concerned,, much., like the Oregon Statesman and Capital Journal of Salem. But such operations present tre mendous problems which - inde- pendent newspapers the nation ver are working to solve. - By the way. we apparently weren't too unreserved. Wr got room. ' ; v ' " ' FoAnil-i oPlkiiinD ijiaui 101011113 LA. Creighton Ira Arthur Creighton, 80, died Sunday at the home of his -son, Glenn Creighton, 5096 Chehalii Ave. He had divided his time between Salem and the' home of another son in San Diego, Calif, since suffering a stroke about five years ago. ' '' ' - He was ' a retired carpenter. born March IS, 1875, at Red Oak, Iowa. '-'i -'el f.i Besides his son in Salem, he leaves sons Art .L. Creighton, San . Diego; Alex Q. Creighton, Hays, Kan.; 'and James.D. Creigh ton, Pittsburg, Kan.; a brother,' Charles C. Creighton, , Stella, Neb.; and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Morgan, Perry, Okla. ' ' ' " Services are pending at the Howell-Edwards Funeral Home. the steamship Oscar- II, wh will carry the Ford party peace advocates to Europe. George Reed Rites Tuesday Statesman News Service , TURNER Funeral services for George Richard Reed, 80, of Turner, will be 1:30 p.m. Tues day in the Virgil T. .Golden chapel, Salem, the Rev. Mcll- venna officiating. Burial will be in City View Cemetery. ; Reed, who died Saturday, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Zella N. Webb, Turner, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. jur.ip hoad V of fall ; Cam a llttt wltta i GAGED CCD AN on signature only, car or furniture $25 fo $2003 'Cal' Stavonau, Manager Room 200, 317 Court St Phone: 4-3396, Salem Hour$: Daily 9:20S30; Sat. 9-12 . Open ereninos by appointment 1mm ae to itiMMM f BMrtf Snbscriptioa Rates f By carrtei ta cltieai. 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