The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 11, 1955, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4(Sec. I) Statesman, Salm, Ore., Sun., Dec. 11, '55 Orefioiie$tatesinaa hio Favor Swayt Vi. No fear Shall Awt j Tnm first SUmmi. neartb tt, 1851 I Suteanua Pnbllthing Company CHARLES A. SPRACUE. Editor Publisher 'Published every mornmg Buiiirian .worm cnurea aw., nnm, or, intynaum m aVlerad at tae peatefflat at Satan, mrar unacr aci or tonjrau J Member Associated Press AatealauO lraa K anUtlaa aaeiiuivaly ta th n lor raauaUeattaa 1 all local aawi pruata I y thia awpapr , '.toughing' in Berlin jfbt Communists art starting to play rough again in Berlin. It's the second team now, thf "East German government," but the first teen, the Russian officers and soldiers and t silks, are right on the. bench ready to rush in if the play should go against the' scrubs. rouble began, with arrest of an American congressional party, they were first hailed before the Russian zone commander, then ah tinted to the East German authority and finally released. Notice was served that Rus sia! Was turning over control of the Soviet zona to the East Germans, but the Western allies responded with notice thst the four paftite deal made at Potsdam is still in ef fect, and that tha allies held the Soviets re spdhsible for the East zone. ajast Germany has directed that licenses to canal boats serving tha West zones will be terminated at the end of the year. No intima tio is given whether they will be renewed or on what terms. This ia just another har rassment of the West. pie Inference is readily drawn that what the; USSR is trying to do is to force recogni tion! of East Germany. So far neither the Weistern powers nor West Germany have giv en any recognition to the stooge government set up by the Russian Reds. This device is usod to force negotistiona with the obvious purpose of compelling recognition of East Germany as sovereign nation. This done, thejUSSR would then try to manipulate uni fication of the two on conditions favorable to Russia. Tfbe West will not acquiesce In an- one aided deal. It is very doubtful the Eat Ger mans will impose another Berlin blocksde. If jhey do the West may not be ss consider atevas in 1948, in relying only on an airlift. Ea Germany, puppet of Russia, will not go so far at to provoke use of force. Tfie summary is that the Communists are reviving the tactics of the cold war; but even thef cannot escape the Implications of July at peneva. I ' T ' Cpsettlng nature's balance may upset eco nomic relationship!, for example, the grtat bolides of rabbits which ravaged the pastures of Australian aheep and cattle growers, have been decimated in recent years through , a disease which grower! imported Just for thst purpose. Now France hai displaced Australia aa k principal supplier of rabbit fur for men's hail In America. And the price a? raJbbit Jur U iher. Bfcf'few rsbbit! to1, Australia i may meajn more wool for American suits, so the lasf of compensation get! In its licks. Now that Princess Margaret has said "no," they're linking Caot Peter Townsend with a beahtiful Dutch-Belgian countess and pre dict "a speedy marriage." We wouldnt blame Peter. It may be all right to wilt for a wom an, ?withln reason, but when royslty. parlia ment, the church and newspaper polls get in the act, lt'i time for the storm shelter. Adlsl Stevenson has accused Republicans of inciting class hatred! Hold on. Adlai. We Republicans hive had i copyright on tht po litical charge ever since the days of TDK Is' llco May Be Faced With Decision Whether to Abandon West Berlin or Send Military Force - IT JOSErH AKD STEWART 7 ALSOP 'WASHINGTON It is entire ly possible that President Els eahowar msy be fsced, early in in coming election year, with the kind f ' of dtelslea J Sf-fl which only a President esn m a k . If the worst cornea to the worst, he may have to decide between abends a lag yjapb,AUf , West Berlin or adopting t b s eeerse which President Truman eaee seriously considered or dering aa armored convoy to Berlin, with instructions to shoot if aecessary. ktott ef the experts la ths State Dtpsrtment, It should be said, hopefully believe that the Soviets will not dare risk a eeev. d blotk ade of Berlin. Bat they do not ettlude it And wait is BOW 1 gkiag ea la Berlin look sus fiRtY piciously II the preliminsry trart Ala eOteeeting for a blockade. The stage-setting begin with tUl obviously planned arrest of two American congressmen. It eoetlaued with the rejection of the resulting American protest . the Soviet rotnmaitder. on the grounds tha East Germany was now a sovereign power. It 4s continued further with hints in the Communist press that the -Sovereignty" of the East Ger man puppet government ex tends to all Berlin: snd with t.VraaU to Stop the barges which bring essential supplies to West XrrliB. .: Maatha age, 'eraser Aaiaae ax iar ta Moscow Goorgt Kea- pablkly predktee Oat Jaat t- s tart of tiuag w14 aspe, e tk Striet resaaass te the iMm in Or ' aa eeenii! Harm a, im. The factor of protection, for which traf q fio laws were designed, is an Important one for motorist! to keep in mind. But it is doubly important for bicyclists who always get the worst of it in any tangle on the streets and highways. The Salem police department certainly is on bsse when it steps up its en forcement of traffic laws as they affect bi cycles. And riders should remember, they are subject to the same basic .laws as motorists. the Nortk Atlantic Treaty Or- " gsalsatloa. The Soviets would confer a phony sovereignty on East G era lay, Kennsa predict ed. Then the East Germans would ant press art on West Berlin, for twe purposes. First ths Westsrn Allies would be forced to protest to the Soviets, and these protests would bs r e J e e t e d on the grounds tost East Germany was a sovereign sUte. The West would thus be humillstod, and Soviet power In Germany dem onstrated for all Germans to see. teeani, the Esst Germs as would ass West Berlla as a hostage, to facte West Ger many to negotiate directly with the Cessaanist puppet regime. Taws the stage weald be set for what Enrapesas call "The dialogue Boaa-Paaksw" the direct aeiauaUeas aa aoiflca Uoa between the two Germaays, on aa east! basis, far which the Soviets BSTt leaf beta amaaea .; vsrtag. Xennsn begins to look like a better thin average prophet The Ststs Department expert! also, of course, feressw thst the -Soviets might reset in some such wsy. The question Bow is how fsr the East German pup pets and their Soviet masters . re prepared to go. Meat Vale" Department ex perte aelieve that the remaaa alste wlU adapt I policy of "maxims harassment." They will aubjert West Berlla to a serlea ef put-prkks, or even aeeaUe-prkks. ateldlag ia traf. fie, steauadlag excessive tolls, and so on. Sat they will aot pluuge la Ike das get they will aot atop ill traffic lata Berlla. sad thus la pas a total Block see. If the Esst German get too tough. It is pointed out the West Germs ns ran also get tough. Esst Germsny ia still Beaviis dependent oa West Ger- , . mast coal and steel Last spring the East Germs ft threatened : punitive tous aa fcliiic to West Labor Leader Bcrornps Earl , To Americans with their inherited hostil ity toHitles of nobility it seems incongruous for Clement Attlee to accept an earldom from Queen Elizabeth after retiring as loader of the Labor Party for many years. -Winston Churchill, long head of the Conservative Party, would seem a man more likely to ac cept such an honor, hut Churchill was will ing only to be knighted and to be hailed as Sir Winston. One reason for Churchill's un willingness was said to be his desire to con tinue to serve in the House of Commons, the institution with which his career has been so intimately identified. Attlee now must transfer to the House of Lords. Not many of his new colleagues will be in sympathy with Attlee and the purposes of the Labor Party. He will find one friendly spirit, however, in the person of Lord Bever idge of Tugall, famed for his Eeveridge plan of cradlo-to-gravt security. Another man regarded as a radical in his day, David Lloyd George, accepted a similar appointment and ' became first Earl of Dwyfof. The title now, is honorary and is hereditary," and dors not imply any desertion of one's political prin ciples. The battle is on for the succession to lead ership of the Lsbbr Party. Candidates are the Irrepressible and extreme leftist Aneurin Bevin, the fiery Welshman, Hugh Gait&kell, who was chancellor of the exchequer in the Labor government, and Herbert Morrison, long a party stalwart who came up through offices in county government. The two lat ter are moderates. Odds appear to favor Gaitskell. We're Slightly Fetter Rainfall records showing roughly 50 per cent more precipitation this winter than the average for this date drove us to the archives recently to see just what our climate is doing this century. By years, there has been a considerable variation in rainfall ranging from 24.56 inches in 1903 to 63.50 in 1937. By five-year periods there is also quite a spread from an average of 32.55 from 1910-15 to 45.87 from 1950-55. But by decades the variation isn't so marked. It ranges from 34.28 from 1910 20 to 41.09 from 1930-40. But it is true that the 45.87 recorded from 1950 to this year is the largest for any five year period since 1900. If history repeats it self, the five years 1955-60 will have less, so that the averace of the present decade will approximate 40. What all these statistics add up to Is that the valley apparently is somewhat wetter than it was 55 years ago, but not ! great deal. By decades during this century, the complete picture is this: 1900-1910 35 47 inch average: 1911-192034.28; 1921-30 36.89; 1931-40 41.89; 1941-5039.99. From all these figures it would appear that while we are getting a good soaking, the av enge for any year still is not far above the 39.14 over-all average cf the last 55 years though still above the approximate 35-Inch average for the first three decades of that period. The woman who slashed and poisoned her husband so he wouldnH be so attractive to others of her sex must have both a jealous disposition and an inferiority complex. Tha usual procedure in such cases is for the worn-1 an to spend the spouse into graveyard ma terial and trying to pretty up herself. Berlin.' The Bonn' government ostentatiously reduetd ship ments of cosl and steel to East Germsny. And suddenly the Esst Germans began to sing fsr milder tune. But that is not the only rea aoa far the diluted optimism la the SUte Department Too much toughness could nnite all West Germsny, which the So viets have beea at palas to woe, firmly Behind the policies of Chancellor Eoarsd Adeasaer. It could revive the filterlag fortunes af NATO. Finally, s tool blocksde ef Berlla lavolves a clear risk ef war. And desplta the recent hardening ef the So viet line, the American experts remain eoavtaeed thai the Krem lin does aot went te risk war. The risk of war would be greater then in 1948. After the first blockade, the three West ern Allies pledged their ns tlonsl honor to the defense of Berlin. Even the instinctive sp pessers in Psrls, London nod Washington for that matter are fully aware that to abandon Berlin would be Munich a thbie sand times over. Yet the airlift, which saved Berlla last time, may provide bo way eul bow. East Ceraaaa rsdar-ismadag facilities have been .gresily .expended, .and they would presumably be used, Aa airlift cannot operate with-", out radar. Moreover, sltheegh. the airlift was aa adeeuste re sponse ta tha first blocksde. It weald surely seen a wesk re-spen-e te a secead blocksde. - Short of abandoning the city, the only alternative to an air lift is direct force. This is why It Is worth offering a passing prayer that tha Staee Depart ment experts are right, and that tha worst will not come to the worst. But even the opti mists agree that the ' worst might happen, especially in view of the amazing, sudden trtteulenee of the Impulsive and powerful Soviet boss, Nikita Khrushchev. (Caprrifht 1SSS. N YmH ataoatt Ttiewa, ia P--MJoufiH VDURT It was pointed out editorially on this page recently that there has been quite a rash of effigy-burning around tho country. College presidents, couches, governors and French sold since World Wsr II days when GI's were all the time burning in effigy thst guy who Invented powdered eggs. Of course, you always have lo watch out for the cold noses. They sre the low-temperature rharsrters who go sround putting the frrete on effigy burning. They plug such substitutes as writ ing letters to editors, getting up committees-tor the prevention of. forming organizstion to pick chairmen who appoint com mittees to assign someone to write letters to congressmen, changing party rrglstrstion or going hunting . . . "But this fall. I'm burning to say, has been a pleasantly incensed one. We've had Rood bonfire years before. Take the year 1780 when our firm was started and our motto was, "We don't want to set the world on fire, we just want to bake Benedict. Arnold." Then there was the year when they hung John Brown from a sour apple tree, and the World War I years when the Kaiser was it. Later in the 20's when they were scorching Volstcsd and right on through the days when the be-boppers hung Beethoven . . . a "Through all this our firm has kepi Its feet In the sir. We've come up with new Idess to keep pace with modern thermodynamics. Juit recently we issued s helpful psmphlrt, "How lo Singe Friends and Incinerate People." Because the law turns s damp frown on effigy hanging and burning we've come up with n fast starting effigy you can light in a hurry, make a few fiery statements snd tske off. For longer riots wo have slower-burning effigies. And for political rsllles we have effigies that beg for mercy, fight bsck snd go to biases with a curse on their lips ... a a "Our latest line is a Do-it-your-self-kit. .We sell you a bag of clothes and a mass of stuffing and you make your own statue. And we sell some effigies with blank faces you paint in the face of the person you want to put through the mill. For timid people who shun violence, we have a special type of effigy. You don't burn these or hang them. You just prop them up someplace nnd people file by and stick their tongues out at them. With each of our smokeless, odorless, round, firm and fully-packed effigies we give away a book of songs to be sung at effigy parties. They include rnme kiln--tested favorites like, "You're Drivinjr-Me Blaiey Tm Hold ing a Torch For You," "Heart-Burn." "Put on Your Old Gray Inflammables," and "Light Me Up Once More." (Continued from page 1) problems into its components and then attack each. The goal should be readjustment of production programs under which a normal balance within the farming eccn t omy and within the overall econ committee- do, the possible live omy may be maintained. Govern-f stock surplus arising from a shllt ment credit or, in certain cases, from the grain surplus through direct aid should be supplied to assist in the necessary farm readjustment. With respect to certain pro posals to handle the wheat situ ation, the committee ststes that" 'we do not see a liklthood that any simple, rwo-pnee, domestic allotment, export subsidy, for eign aid, or blocked-currency pro gram will provide an adequate solution." It calls for more thorough-going treatment that that. Giveaway pians as for school lunches and foreign dumping also fail to provide the answer. 1 think this study and the com mittee report should serve to clear the air of many notions w hich have an initial appeal but which under scrutiny will not stand up. The two-price plan If, one of them, in my 'opinion. , Nor will broad general plans provide the answer. Finally, there ia just no substitute for the ener- gy and resourcefulness of indi- vidua! farmers ia eoAing their own problems. 4 I would oner iwo emiewms of the Twentieth Century Fund study and report. t First. H It ta give enough attention to the technological rev- olution In agriculture. Power farming, plant genetics, cbemi- cals for fertilizers and for kill- log pests have transformed farm- log-witness hybrid corn. The el- feet of this has also been ignored In the economic side because the resulting- lower , unit cost of pro- -I presidr-nts have had their images strung up and or barbecued. To stir up the fervid facts, we called on a warm friend of ours,' who is in the effigy manufacturing busi ness. His narne is H. F. (Hot Foot) Sparks. We found him at his shop, The Incandescent Effigy Making Co. . . . a "Yes, sir." ssld Sparks excitedly, "this hst been s red hot year for the effiRy mak ing business. Our product hss been going like wildfire. Haven't seen so msny effigies duction was not considered In the historic parity ratio guar an- tee. Second, the report fails to recognize, though two of the feeding lower grades of wheat and expanding the grating lands. This is where the Midwest is suffering now. Halting the breed ing and feeding of livestock will revive a grain surplus. The practical adjustment will have to come through, lower fee4 costs to restore the corn-bog price ratio to a profitable margin. The agricultural-livestock plant in America ia too large under present farming methods for the historic market relationship, i Government props tend lo pre serve distortions and-, prevent the natural corrections. The program should point,, as the committee recommends, toward adjustments, with the govern ment limiting its participation to credit or emergency assistance, and trusting more to the capacity of the American farmer to solve his own problem. ' T IfW Stamp to Honor Ew.Tranrv TJiief u-icmr.Tn' un 'rwmnnia WiU bo held in the National Callery , of Art heo on Dec. to inaugur-! ,t, (ir$t da, iMU 0f a j,nt ! gUmp bearing tha portrait of Andrew W. Mellon. " this Is the centennial year of the birth of Mellon, a Pittsburgh banker who was Secretary of the Treasury from 1911 ta WS1 and then Ambassador to Croat BsiUua, I He donated the building lor the .National. Gtlk&y .T Benson Asks 'Mddlemen' Prof WASHINGTON Secretary of Agriculture Benson Saturday ordered a stepped up study to de termine whether middlemen are taking an excessive bite out of the consumer's dollar before it reach es the farmer, Benson said he had discussed "this vital problem" with Presi dent Eisenhower and both werj screed it must be determined "whether or not prices paid by i consumers contain improper or ex-1 cessive marketing charges and profits." ' j Benson ordered his department: experts to push a study of the Red Chinese Arrest Bishop As 'Sp? Chief LONDON Ufi Moscow radio reported SaturdayRed China ha arrested as "head of a spy rinn" Msgr. Kung Pin-Mel, Roman Cath olic Bishop of Shanghai. The bishop is one of 'the best known leaders - of -the Chinese Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservator Romano, made public the news of his arrest on Oct. 7 when it an nounced that along with him at least 20 other Roman Catholic priests and between 200 and 300 Roman Catholic laymen were ar rested in a new anti-church cam paign in Shanghai. The Vatican paper said the roundup took place Sept. 8-9. Moscow radio said captured documents revealed connections of the alleged spy ring with Chiang Kai-Shek and "certain foreign powers." Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Dec. 11, 1945 Joseph B. Felton. justice of the peace for the Salem district and iresident of the Oregon Repub Ican club, was named Marion County manager of Waller Nor blad's -campaign for congress man. Nearly ll.noo of Oregon's 75. 000 returned servicemen have filed applications under the GI bill of rights for readjustment allowances and 4832 payments were made recently, state unem ployment compensation officials said. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., sat up in his hospital bed for the first time since his automobile acident eight days ago. after doc-tors removed a traction ap paratus which had realigned the vertebrae in his broken- neck. 25 Years Ago Dee. 11, 1M Eighteen of the 25 prosperity dollars which the Klsinore thea tre put into circulation a week ago were reported on when the week expired. Attached to each dollar when it was first released for circulation was a card asking that everyone write his name. Reports received here indicated that John Hunt of Woodburn w:ll be re-elected chief clerk of the state senate, and Fred Drager of Salem was said to have suf ficient votes to insure his election as chief clerk of the house of representatives for the 1931 legis lature. Dr. Frlti Pregi, noted scientist . and winner ( the , 1922 - Nobel prize in chemistry,-died at the age of 61. Dr. Pregi was univer sally known for development of micro-chemical analysis. '10 Years Ago Dee. 11. 115 Daniel Vtorchester, who was known as the -original "Uncle Tom" of the dramatization of "I'ncle Tom's Cahin" died at the Vermont Soldiers' home at the age of 82 years. The drama' was produced for the first time in Low ell. Mass , in 1851. Snug in its new quarters the Young Women's Christian associ ation started business in the Roth building on North Liberty street, by serving 51 young wo men at lunch. Mrs. Stella r. Blackerbjr is the secretary in cnarge. . Woodrow Wilson will be the third president to wed in the White House, and die third mem ber of his family to enter wed lock during bis admlnstratkin. He i will marry Mrs. Edith Gait. eaan aaau Subscrtpoee tales ' - By earrtar la eltMet Daily aaO 8ua4ay I S swr me Dally aaly I JS pat mo auaaay ' aeJy M waeS By bmU Saaaay aaiyi la aOvanael Aarwbare la U ! JOfaema S TS eta ma SSS vaar a- saaJl Daily aaS Iasaa- na aevtaeel la Orefoa iiiwib S tt tit ma IS so raar la O ouWMa Oraeoat S I a! pa ma AaM BNima at OtnbSM SJaeaaa af Aiviriftn AM PA Orataa M-aaaa Saanaa i A ataWaa Aeeratat ataaaaatvaai WarO-OrtfMk Ca Waal exaaay Cw saaw fata Ctaaar spread between marketing and farm production costs. "We know thst some margins are too great and not justified," Benson said, "although we recog nise that in some instances pro cessors and distributors have in creasing costs which they must pay." While farmers' prices for food products have been declining, Ben son said, average retail prices of food have actually risen slightly. "The failure of retail food prices as a whole to reflect the decline in farm food prices during the past year is recognized by the de partment as a real obstacle to a solution of the farm surplus prob lem," he said. The Secretary said farmers are entitled to receive "the very max imum" for their products through! State of Oregon ORAL AUCTION SALE 39 Vehicles 23 Passenger Cars 16 Pickups, Trucks, Jeep Trucks and Power Wagon ' Auction will begin at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 15, at State Board of Forestry, 2600 SUte Street, Salem. All vehicles on display 8:00 a m 5 p.m. weekdays. - Vehicles property of Board of Forestry, MacLaren School snd Oregon State College. Banking Hometown Style r-4 I jr 1 ".'.t-.y&i'&f vWS'SeVij iV4;cf asm 'J2s?&)riy i -iarw V"t " f !;SP'ii$2oo s on her Christmas tree the diamond that came rosa you. Nothing- else will match Its fiery beauty its enduring worth its sentimental message. Givt , her the-gift ef her dreams te be cfarrished now, ; f . and more so through the year. The eaamondt shown arc all distinctively styled in eighteen karat white gokt Price include Federal tai Jtiaga tkiktty ewititfea. NO INTEREST-NO CARRYING .CHARGES h Costs No More te Say "Charge It at mffl& Certified Gemologist tret and liberty '. ' f ) "V ',V ' 1 'Dtal-44234 aaCasVaa(9al)K t ...., it Study efficient marketing service. The department recently esti-i mated that civilian consumers In' this country paid a total of 4,. 300,000,000 for farm food products in 19S5. The farmers received 111, 3oo.ooo.ooo of this, it estimated, anu 40 UliUUU UVUMI wviu iut marketing Costs. This marketing bill wa'a de scribed by the department as 44 per cent higher than the 1947-41 . average. The department said, for in stance, that prices received by farmers for food product! in the third quarter of 1959 averaged 7' per cent less than in tha same ' period In 1954. But, because of the increase In marketing charges, less than half' of this decline was pissed on to, consumers. -, Your problems art not relayed beyond our wall for deci sion. Eoch month Increasing numbers of Vollty folks ore making use of our convenient banking serv ices. We welcome the oppor' tunity to serve you. STORE HOURS 930 TO 530 OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT 9:30 TO 9 P.M. 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