4-(Sec I) Statesman, Salem, Ore, Sun., Dec. 25, '55
"No Favor Sways Vs. Ko Fear Shall Aux
Froni flrat Sum. March 28, 1831
Statesman Publishing Company
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE, Editor it Publisher
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NorU. Church SL
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alaa mif r unow act of Conprttt March , l7.
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himself in books and laboratories, and spend
thousands of dollars on his education when
the wage he gets on completion of his course
will not be greatly in excess of that of the
"craftsman? There must be a stronger in
centive than initial salary, that is true. But
surely a higher wage for those trained in en
gineering and the sciences would help, would
attract and hold more students to these
courses.
We doubt if the threat of possible Russian
superiority in the sciences will breed more
American scientists. The start mu.l be made
by supplying incentives to those in second
ary schools.
'CAST THY BREAPON THEWATERS- m H rfrf I hS TTQ) CDQGj
'agrant Jet Air Stream
Meteorologists are always better at report
ing than forecasting the weather. That is
-not to their discredit, for man still lacks the
means for scientific determination of just
What the weather will be. Winds are the
chief determiners of weather, and it is dif
ficult to chart their course or fix their direc
tion. The real wonder is the progress that
weather forecasting has made in recent
years.
Now explanations are coming in for the
brand of weather the West Coast received
the past week. J. A. Brown, head of the
Oceanic Forecasts division of the Weather
Bureau at San Francisco, attributes the
storms and torrential rains (which were
worst in Northern California and Southern
Oregon) to a shift in the jet air stream which
flows high over the Pacific. ' This is the air
stream the easlbound planes latch onto for a
'quick crossing of the continent The air"
stream normally reaches the mainland at
high altitudes above Northern California,
but shifted a thousand miles south the first
of last week. As the jet flow moved south
ward, it set up winds from the Southwest
'which moved toward Northern California.
'These winds brought moist, warm sub-tropical
air from the Hawaiian area, and when
they struck the cooler continent, they
dumped their cargo of moisture.
The jet air stream is moving back to its
normal groove, and the storms on the sur
face have been abating.
Evidently,4 if we are to provide complete
flood relief, we shall have to devise a way
to hold this jet air stream in its trough.
Dr. John Held for Treason
Dr. Otto John, the two-faced turncoat,
who turned up in West Germany 17 months
after defecting to the Reds in East Germany,
faces a charge of suspected treason. Dr.
John was head of the intelligence service of
West Germany, and his flight to the East
caused great consternation not only in West
Germany but also in the United States. Only
a little while before he had visited this coun
try and conferred with Allen Dulles, head of
our own Central Intelligence Agency.
Dr. John may testify that he was abducted
into East Germany, but his subsequent news
conference and radio broadcasts gave no in
dication he wis under compulsion, or had
been brainwashed. He may simply be an un
stable personality.
The role of "double agent" is by no means
unfamiliar in intelligence circles. Sometimes
these individuals sell out both ways; some
times they really serve only one country
though professing to serve another. Always
aware of the possibility that their trust may
be misplaced, intelligence agencies try to
double 'and triple check on the reports of
their agents. In this shadow world of espio
nage, however, the factor of doubt will al
ways loom large.
More Scientist Needed
Increasing alarm is being raised over the
lack of scientists, particularly physicists,
chemists, engineers, in the United States. At
a recent meeting in Cleveland of the Nuclear
Engineering and Scientific Congress Adm.
Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the AEC, ex
pressed his great concern over the shortage
of manpower in the. fields of science. He
warned that falling behind in the develop
ment of atomic energy could endanger all
our blessings, even our freedom. Attention
has been directed toward the USSR and fig
tires have been cited as to the number of
scientists being trained in their educational
institutions as compared with our own.
To get a nuclear physicist, lor instance,
you just do not pick up any college graduate.
The start should be made away back in high
school, with student attraction to such tough
courses as mathematics, physics, chemistry.
These courses should be expanded in college,
and specialized courses studied with inten
sity. Beyond this, beyond even a Ph. D.f you
need to have a certain number of men of
genius, with sufficient imagination to do in
tellectual probing beyond the laws and the
ories and equations worked out by their
predecessors.
How are we going to get our future scien
tists? By putting more emphasis on the
meaty courses away down in high school.
The rewards really sre not very promising.
A person with a high school diploma can
earn an excellent living if he learns a trade.
Why should he strsin his grey matter, bury
Roads as Dikes
In discussing the recent floods which
caused a great deal of trouble in Lane coun
ty, the Eugene Register Guard points a fin
ger at the county government. It says that
many county roads have been constructed on
a higher grade and so act as dikes and hold
back the surface water from draining away.
If the R-G would reflect, it might con
clude that this Is a gain rather than a detri
ment. "Draining away" to where? Why
down. below, thus swelling the flood waters,
there. Isn't it better to retard the runoff and
spread the water over the flat lands thrn to
sluice it down fast in the watercourses? To
the dcree this is .true, the roadxlikcs reduce
rather than augment flood damage.
(Continued from pi 1)
Today Christinas is celebrated
as a religous holiday and as
s day of family festivity. It is
Well to remember, however,
that the good "tidings" brought
of old are not restricted and
that as we manifest our fratern
ity with all mankind so do we
carry the Christian message to
all people.
the occasion for today's holiday.
But of equal importance in the
tidings of the angel are the
words "which shall be to all
people." The mission of Christ
was not tribal but universal,
and this explains the missionary
seal of his followers.
While the Christian theology
has not triumphed over all the
other religions of mankind and
become the faith of all peoples, m.M MORE JOBS
the Christian message has per- BERLIN -West Berlin created
meated mankind round the 60.000 new Jobs this year and may
i.7Vriii:,k prediction is By Dr. Bernhard
Skrodzkl, chamber of commerce
the world ?ffic'al-, H. "id . ouId
lounu lor me remaining lai.ooo
unemployed if the upward trend
continues.
Time Flies-,
FROM STATESMAN FILES
in terms of work for the better
ment of mankind it is the mov
ing philosophy in
today. Communism derives its
appeal from its promise of re
lief for the toiling masses, a
promise whose fulfillment is
better observed under the
American economic system.
Out of this Christian message
has developed the concept of
the dignity of man, the essential
integrity Of the individual. Re
member, the angel said the good
tidings "shall be to all people."
not just to the Jews, but to
"all people." This ,has been a
hard lesson to learn. Even those,
in the Christian community have
been slow to overcome prejudice
against those of a different race
or creed or color. Antagonisms
persist between those of differ
ent social class or economic
grouping or industrial relation
ship. But steadily the idea pene
trates that men shall be rated
at their worth, and that funda
mental liberties may be claimed
by all men. It has come to pass
that many non-Christians are
today eloquent apostles of its j
message though tbey acknow-1
ledge no allegiance to Christ as
s personal savior. The Christian 1
message of brotherly love has
outraced its' theology. , I
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The Springfield city council has' employed
an outside engineer to study and report on
consolidation of electric services in that city.
A few years ago the voters authorized a
municipal electric distribution system. When
efforts to buy out the private company's
lines failed an Independent system was in
stalled. Now the city council is worried over
the excessive cost of duplicate lines. Pre
sumably the private company will not sell,
and the city will be reluctant' to condemn.
Whether the voters would approve a sale to
the private company is a question. It would
be a blow to their pride to yield the field.
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Voters on the fringe of Lebanon rejected
a proposal for annexation to the city. Simi
lar results have occurred at Eugene, Spring
field and Roseburg. The suburbanites think
they will be better off to stay as they are,
sans urban services but also sans urban
taxes. This attitude can prove very short
sighted, however, for it prevent compre
hensive community development .in which
burdens as well as benefits are shared. The
Salem area has done much better; and we
believe the districts which have joined the
city feci very well satisfied with their
decision. 1
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Hold tho Lino' Budget Policy Said Resulting
In Reduction of America's Fighting Force
By JOSEPH sad
STEW AIT ALSOP
WASHINGTON The real
story of next year's budget is
very different indeed from the
story suggested by the recent
barrage ei
headlines about
defease in
creases, foreign
a i d increases
and the like.
It is first of
all the story of
a hat trick that
did not quite
work. The au
thors of the hat
thors of the hat
trick were Sec-
r r
;.Mrrart Almmf
beaded ?
With . VyJ
Ip from I
no less N
twelve r1
ill)
retary of the Treasury George
M. Humphrey and Budget Di
rector Roland Hughes. Bofh
Hughes and Humphrey art
leag - headed v
me a.
some help
the Congres- I .
sional econo- r iC
mixers, they V lv ,
prepared their ? . j
coup no less J f 1
than
months
The
uona wera aim- i . XUam
etc indeed. Ex- ' " '"0I,.
tensivt one -shot economies were
made ia the last defense bud-
eeL and these "savings
the defense spending level
dowa to $34,500,000,000. Ia
the same fashion, both the mili
tary and economic foreign aid
programs were largely financed
by running dowa unexpended
, M M I
MJanees, ana ineae avini
kept last year's foreiga aid ap
propriations down to $2.700,.
000,000. Thus the hat trick
was prepared. The trick con
sisted of a simple policy direc
tive to bold the defense and
.foreiga aid items ia this
year's budget down to the level
of last year's sppropria lions.
last year's "savings" could
Dot b repeated. Hence last
year's appropriations level
could not be attained without
making "savings" somewhere
else. Thus the real effect of
the Humphrey-Hughes direc
tive wss to require a sharp per
manent cut in American fight
ing power and an even more
drastic permanent reduction in
foreign aid. -
Mareovernd here was
the real beauty f it this
weakening af eur defenses
aad slackening ef eur cold
war effort wauld hardly be
'noticeable. The Cengress
wauld be asked te vote the
same sums as were voted
last year. The country could
therefor be told that we
were carrying an as kefere.
There is every reason te be
lieve that the Humphrey
Hughes hat trick would have
worked to perfection, if the
Kremlin bad not meanwhile ex
tended and intensified its cold
war offensive. But the Soviet
intrusion into the Middle East
spread the deepest alarm
through all the staff levels of
the Administration. And it
also mobilised the group of
higher policy-makers led by
Vice-President Nixon and Nel
son A. Rockefeller, who came
to be called "the young Turks."
While Messrs. Humphrey
and Hughes were Indirectlv
demanding the weakening af
oar defenses aad the slack
kept ealag af oar eeld war effort.
si uen ana, nacacirurr paa
aivelv advocated exactly the
ontsite pellcy. Tbey warned
that tb whole world balance
of pewer was rapidly tilting
la favor of the Soviets. They
asked, with natural anxiety,
haw any American admin.
IstraUan ennld permit this U
bassea. They vged a V1
stew program" te reverse the
tread.
Ia the ensuing struggle, a
great deal more bad feeling
was generated than has vet
beea admitted ia public. The
1 t r a-Admlnistration struggle
reached its climax in the all
day meeting of the National Se
curity Council st Csmp David.
Thl outcome, as so oftea ia this
Administration, was a compro
mise between the two conflict
ing viewpoints.
Our defenses were not te
be weakened. Thus the re
quested defease " appropria
tion had to be raised te $35,
500,000,000. The cold war
effort was not te be slarkea
' ed either. Thus large sums
had t be asked te build up
the depleted foreign aid bal
ances, so that spending could
continue at the old rate. In
short, the real meaning of
With a grinding of sleigh runners and a beat of soggy
little hooves Santa and reindeer blew into town early today
on the last lap of his annual Yuletide Safari. As usual a red
eved Statesman reDorter was waiting iio for
i"" his annual interview with the old boy.
Santa came limping damply into the news
room, dragging his toy bag behind him.
You could tell he had not brushed his boots
even once that day. Andjiis beard seemed
sadly in need of cu:l el. The reporter
pushed aside his Christmas bills and New
Year's bowl bets and flung himself into the
following interview . . .
"Well," said the reporter, who kad
been through this before, "I suppose yon ran into your usual
bag of troubles, eh?"
"You said it, son," said Santa, slipping wearily into a
chair. "We had trouble getting over the iron curtain. And
whea we did finally make it, somebody took a shot at us. We
' ran'into smog ever Las Angeles, and Rudolph wheeled all
the way to England. Nearly got lost ia that Landoa fag try
ing te deliver a loll named Margaret to a guy named Pete.
Never did locate the address . . ."
a
"Yes, yes," said the reporter impatiently, "but didn't you
run into anything new?"
"Well, yes," said Santa. "Ran into.a real puzzler in, I
think, Chicago. I delivered a pair of roller skates to a small
lad. He picked them up and heaved them back at me yell
ing something like, 'Take 'em back, Mac? I can do better on
the Big Question!' Sounded like he'drflippod his tree lights.
And the kids in Europe don't ask me for stuff like food and
clothing much anymore. They say they can do better by
CARE ..."
"I suppose," said the reporter, "you had your usual hilar
ious time in Washington, D. C?"
"Did I!" grinned Santa. "At least THIS year nobody
cooled me off for wearing this red suit. I left a present for ',
the Republicans a new-type Gelgcr counter It gurgles when
it gets near high-grade candidate material. And for the Dem
ocrats, I left a stack ef woolen longies to wear while they
' wait out in the cold. I dropped off a compass for the nest
Congress so it'll know where It's going. But I raa into a
little trouble at the White House. I was sneaking aroand when
I stepped on s golf ball, fell on my toy bag and nearly frac
tured the chemistry sets ..."
"I noticed you were limping a little there," said 1he re
porter. "Is thsf where you ,..?.."
"Well, I got spiked by a few TV antennas and I took a
tumble on a slick metal roof in Akron. The reindeer were
a little Jittery tonight They've been reading those news
stories about jet planes and they were afraid they'd fall apart
if they tried to crack the sound "barrier. I couldn't get 'em
warmed up until a duck hunter took a shot at us over Alder
man Farms , , . Mrs. Claus wants me to get a helicopter . . ,
Anyway, Merry Christmas, son!"
mmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmm:
10 Years Ago
Dec. . IMS
The Oregon Statesman across
its front page had the huge
Merry Christmas greetings
printed in blue. Christmas was
made festive with many family
gatherings.
Harry E. Brown leaves the
position as Salem representative
of the Railway Express Agency
which he has held lor five years
to accept an appointment as
special agent for the company,
with headquarters in Salem.
Timberline Lodge, reported ski
tows will operate this Christmas
Day. The snow is now 120 inches
deep. Nearly 2,000 skiers flocked
to Mount Hood recently. j
25 Years Ago
Dec. 25. 130
Hon. W. H. Hobson and Mrs.
Hobson quietly celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary. Nearly
all of their married hie has been
spent in Staylon. Mr. Hobson hav
ing been a pioneer merchant
there.
The Salvation Army building
looked more like a wholesale
grocery store than like a meet
ing place, as about twenty work
ers toiling to fill the large baskets
which were to be delivered today
to the worthy poor of this com
munity. 40 Years Ago
Dec. 2S,
Editorially Mrs. Frances Ellen
Jane Hare died at Astoria at the
age of 104 years. She was born
in 1811 and was probably the old
est Oregon citizen.
Only three of the city office
holders are to be retained by the
new council. They are Fire Chief
Harry Hutton, City Engineer Wal
ter B. Skelton and Police Matron
Myra Shsnk.
Season's
w
muriQs
Llnno Chitwool
Csreylej Cobb
Al Faimon
Tinkhom Gilbert
Esther Gof It
Richard f. Hauf
Donald G. Hobson
Donald I. Feterson
Jeanetto Reo5
WmSchwors
Evtlyn Thompson
wmda Batik,
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CHURCH end CHEMfXfTA STXErfl
nr,, lire rrmi mnniin , T-k xA -T f
sll the recent cemmotion CliriStlliaS DaV 60 Year8 OI Age
about "Increases" ia these . J
budget items is simply that
we reallv are carrying an as
before, instead of Just pre
tendinf ta.
But there is another mean
ing, too, in this decision taken an M
ac me tamp uavw jn.s.l. . uk., he was an armv serceant
meeting which was the real he encouraged his men to call him
cause of the President's
porary fatigue.
The recent extension and in
tensification of the Kremlin's
cold war offensive constitute
one great challenge. The mas
sive recent progress of the
Kremlin's srmament programs
constitutes another great chal
lenge. These challenges almost
certainlv mean that the world
power balance is now moving
in the Soviet's fsvor, just as
Messrs. Nixon and Rockefeller
maintained. .Yet the decision
st Camp David was to ignore
these challenges, and to let the
world power balance tilt
against us.
This is a national choice of
the most far-reaching 1b par
lance. ( naj been eartfally
shreuded, as the eastern now
Is, tram the valgar gas af
the American public. Yet
events will tear aside the veil
' sooner or later, whea the
Joint Chiefs of Staff have to
tell the Congress the real
1 I A mM an ,lrifAa r
when s e as e development
abroad causes Mart searching
Inquiries than sre now being
made.
Cnyrlfht . Nw York
ilarald Tnbuaa, In.
IX)ND0M OH Christmas Dayl His only son -is named George,
will be 60 years old Sunday. He .but, as Christmas Day points out,
is an optical goods sslesman whose j George Day wasn't born Christmas
parents were overjoyea m nemnx i uay.
him for s Christmas gift in 18931 .
Although the maximum age of
golden eagles is unknown, there
is evidence that they can live as I
l"- Charlie. , ! long as 30 years.
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