4-(5rC. I) Siatowan. S.cm, Orr.. Thm., Feb. IP, '50
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from Tirtt Statesman. March 2X. 1K51
Statesman Publishing Company
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor & fublishci
Published every morning Butinw oflice J"0
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Fnterea Hi the pontoffir at Salem, Ore., ai eernnd
class matter under let of Congress March 3, !".
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lor republication ol all local news printed In
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lvTl"s Make Up Our Minds'
The people of Salem and their city council
are in the unique, enviable and difficult
position of having to decide how to spend
ever $30,000 upon a work of art. This is
indeed an American phenomenon: That the
average citizen should have this opportun
ity to have a say as to a permanent orna
ment or offense,, as the case may be, to a
community of 50,000 souls.
Before makinp its final decision, the city
council has .asked the public to express its
opinions' on a suitable pioneer memorial to
be erected here with funds willed for that
purpose by the late Carroll Moores. Exam
ples of the work of six artists being con
sidered ior the job are now on display at .
the. Bush Museum. The Statesman has pub
lished some outstanding photographs by
John Ericksen of proposed pieces of sculp
ture. The Bush exhibit will continue until
the 26th of this month (and on Wednesdays
the museum charges no admission fee).
The public, thus, is being given every
chance to choose a favorite. Those who were
, so vocal in their negative criticism of the
choice of the previous Moores Memorial
Commission (the late, lamented "Venus" by
Renoir), should now be equally articulate.
In order to bring the matter to a head,
the city council could set a deadline for
receiving opinions soon after the close of
the Bush Museum exhibit. Then the council
should make up its mind, the artist should
be commissioned and work begun. It would
be most fitting to have this memorial to
the pioneers finished and dedicated in time
f for the state'a centennial.
After the local furor (which made Salem
something of a national laughingstock) over
the "nekkid female" the Venus the coun
cil members must know that any choice in
volving a real work of art is going fo be
controversial. They can take comfort and '
courage from the fact that they are not
dealing "with tax money and, therefore, have
more leeway to follow their best instincts.
Also, councilmen and the people of Salem I
alike can take counsel from the following
excerpt from "Art Today," a survey by Art
Professors Ray Faulkner, Edwin Ziegfeld
and Gerald Hill
"A work that pleases everyone immediately
is not likely to be an important work of art
One that is forward looking, a contribution
and milestone in art is almost bound to meet
with antagonism, for it must of necessity be
in advance of the taste of most of the people
who are to pass judgment on it. Herein lies
one of the great paradoxes of community art..
It must be an expression of the community,
but it must at the same time present some
new and satisfying formulation of their com
munity ideals, and these new formulations are
likely to be the ones that arouse the most
protests. This is not to say that the general
public cannot like good art. That snobbish
attitude is as untrue as it would be unfortunate.
But every citizen in this democratic country
has the right to pass judgment on all the
community works of art . . . There is, there
fore, a tendency for art in the community, in
an attempt to please as many people as pos
sible, to be dull and without spirit. Such things ...
are never great. Important art of the com- "
munity . . . should lead and educate, and should
not be innocuous repetitions of what most
people already know and think."
Significantly, this book holds up Oregon's
capitol as an example of good art in the
community. If the city council's choice of
the Moores Memorial comes as close to pleas
ing art critics and the public as has the
capitol, then Salem will indeed be fortuna'e
in its adornment . . . (M.W.W.)
C.RIN AND REAR IT By Lichty Ncwbcrg Mayor
seeks Heeleetion
The Juvrnilc Problem
The 1955 report of the Marion County
Juvenile Court and Juvenile Department
doesn't offer much cheer insofar as the
juvenile problem in this area is concerned,
But it shows a lot of effort has gone toward ..
meeting it.
The 18.2 per cent increase in case ioad in
1955, over 1954. is startling in itself and
considerably more so when a glance at previ
ous records shows such an increase is occur
ing year after year. The chunty has been
more fortunate than many other places, true,
but certainly the statistics give no reason
for smugness even though it is accepted that
in any community the ratio of delinquency
increases vas population grows.
Boys continue to constitute the major of
fenders, though in other than traffic cases
girls coming under the juvenile court or de
partment showed a 32 per cent increase in
1955 and boys only 13 per cent,
Dependency cases showed a slight drop,
but on the debit side of juvenile behavior
is the fact that 200 were 'confined to the
juvenile section of the county jail an aver- '
age of 5 days each, and that of the total case
load of 837 more than 30 per cent were
under 14 years of age. The average age
was just over 16. 1
More. than 1000 visits by juvenile depart
ment staff members to homes and schools,
and more than 3600 office interviews, attest
to the fact that the problem is being corn
batted. '
We do not subscribe to the idea that all
juvenile delinquency connotes parental de- -linquency,
but a lot of it does. We do hold
that parental influence, training and atten
tion are the most- vital factors involved
and that by far the greatest proportion of
our boys and girls are innately intelligent
and act accordingly.
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Wcstiiiffhoupc. !R,,?S t0 PIace
Atomic Kcaclor
Rejects Strike
Stud) Offer
In Red China
I To Legislature
Jjlllllv ' I TOKYO upi Peinins radio said
r.ir!vman u hn aitn it mu,r I Wednesday Soviet Russia would
of Neberj. is seeking Republican! riTTSBl'RGH -Westinghouse ; set up I 6,500 kilowatt exnenmen
nomination to the state Legislature! Electric Corp. Wednesday flatly tal atomic reactor in Red China,
from his district. He said that if refused to cooperate with a fact-! The reactor will be used to traifl
he is nominated and re-elected, he finding board set up by the gov-. Chinese scientists and technicians,
will be a candidate for speaker ernnrs of five states -to study a 1 the broadcast said, adding:
of the House. ' - 122-day strike of 44,000 workers at! jth Soviet assistance, (Corrt-
1-ayman served his first term 30 plants. m.iun rhin nlant within a short
in the House at the last session.
67 IN ORGANIZATION
M 0 N T R E A L ur-The Inter
national Civil Aviation Organi7.a-!gatc to outsiders ... the right to
! tion. the ofiicial legislature of determine the fundamental terms
the world air lanes. now has 67 na-i of the union agreement under
tions in memberslip. The newest which Westinghouse must live for
is ttie indocnina Kingdom o tarn-. some years ... . . .
In teleerams to the Eovernors. 'neriod of time to master the
Gwilym A. Price, Westinghouse world's most advanced scientific
board chairman and president, as- techniques in atomic energy."
serted management ''cannot del-1
bodia.
b-l - ..; i
, , " J lV nesu"Knous? They brought a total of only $1..
followed more picketing violence a !242 ySev(If other car5 wee re
the company s Sharon, Pa., plant, fc lhei ms Mof
u hnra coma 1 Art rirVat maccAri fnr ,
CARS SOLD
NEW YORKtfi - Thirty-two
automobiles that had been towed
away for parking violations were
sold at public auction this week.
'. . . And while rarniims are high and profits are good, Snortlby,
the taxpayer finds little consolation in vour remarks
'easy come, easy go'! ...
Better Knglish
By r. C. WILLIAMS
where some 100 pickets massed for
the third straight day.
Police said an auto was over
turned, cars were stoned and win-
1. What is wrong with this dows in the plant were broken. No
sentence? "He was anxious to arrests were made and there were
make i good impression, sndjno reports of anyone injured,
he's been pretty successful." Mayor Michael J. Dunn, himself
2. W hat is the correct pro- a member of striking IUE local
nunciation of "exquisite"? 617, asked Gov. Leader to "assign
3. Which one of these words ' at least four uniformed state police-1
is misspelled? Recommend, con- men to constant patrol of the J
rfptpnH sunirintrnr! rpnrimanH : Sharnnnlant "
4 W hat does the word "Ion-1 Dunn thus joined Sheriff Richard
gevity" mean? Knowles and City Police Chief
S. What is a word beginning William Stuart in asking the gov
with ad that means "to make Tenor for state police aid.
the sale.
the two -man fact-finding board
named last Sunday by Gov. George
M. Leader of Pennsylvania.
Leader had the support of Govs.
Averill Harriman, New York; Al
raham Ribicoff, Connecticut; Ro
bert Meynor. .New Jersey: and
William Marland, West Virginia.
(Continued from page 1)
Red-ruled Romania apparently subscribes
in part, at least, to the old saying that the
pen is mightier than the sword. It puts
typewriters in the class of concealed weapons
a license is required to "manufacture, re
pair, hold, transmit or acquire" one. Won
der how about ball-point pens.
ing. It reminded me of October,
1941, when 1 visited the San Fran
cisco Presidio and saw a group of
naval vessels heading out through
the Golden Gate to destiny.
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
There, is no refund for motorists who for
got Monday and fed Salem's parking meters
unnecessarily ('twas Lincoln's birthday, by
the way). But if their memories last long
enough they can still save a bit on Feb. 22.
Parking places are free on Washington's
birthday, too. . : "
Editorial Comment
FIFTY YEARS AT THE PIANO
Fifty years is a long time for a man to be play
ing the piano or, for that matter, doing anything
else. It was half a century ago that Artur
Rubinstein made his debut in America, a boy of
seventeen with a reputation as a piano wizard.
Today Mr. Rubenstein is no longer seventeen, but
his reputation for pianistic virtuosity is unimpaired,
and even enhanced. Right now he is taking the
occasion to present as unusual succession of five
concerts within two weeks, during which he will
play no fewer than seventeen concertos, as many
as four a night. Mr. Rubinstein declines to de
scribe this event as an anniversary celebration;
perhaps he is just flexing his pianistic muscles at
the age of sixty-seven to show that rare pianists,
like rare wines, improve with age.
John Ledyard who later inter
ested Thomas Jefferson in West
ern exploration, an Interest that
bore. fruit in the Lewis and Clark
expedition. Another man serving
unlor Pftnlf KM William Rlierh
sailing -master, later commander msmmmmmmmmmmm
of the "Bounty Whose mutiny
produced history, literature and
a movie. A-
A number of Hawaiians sailed
with these white ships. One, Alto,
saved Capt. Robert Gray from ,
an Indian attack by his warning,
the time Gray was wintering at
Clayoquot Sound, 1791-2. Others
entered service with traders in
the Northwest. Our name, "Owy
hee," derives from Hawaii. The
American Board sent mission
aries to Hawaii before they sent
Whitman and Spalding to the
Northwest and there was com
munication between these out
posts. The first printing press
was Brought from Hawaii to Lap
wai, Idaho, by Rev. Henry Spald
ing. '
Decline of the fur- trade, advent
of steamships, broke the former
frequent connection between , the.
Northwest and Hawaii. Our ship
ping to the Orient took the north
erly Great Circle route. Only
cargo vessels made trips to Ha
waii. Tourists had to go to Sao
Francisco to sail on the Matson
boats. Came the airplane and
direct flights from Seattle and
Portland, and fugitives from
Northwest clouds and winter Tain
started winging their way hither.
Their number will irttrease, (or
the boom in winter travel is
bound to grow.
impure 7
ANSWERS
1. Say, "He was eager to
make a good impression, and
he's been very successful." 2.
Accett first syllable, not the
The mayor, a Democrat, said he
felt the "situation is reaching a
point where the men are in a nasty
mood. Our own police have been
worked pretty hard a lot of over
time and not much sleep. We need
second. 3. Condescend. 4. Length help.'
of life. "The longevity of the, The striking AFL-CIO Interna
human race is increasing."! tional Union of Electrical Workers
5. Adulterate. ihad pledged full cooperation with
At the Surfrider Hotel where we
had reservations, we found Mr.
and Mrs. W. I. Needham and Mrs.
Scott Page who came over a few
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As a citizen as well as a musician, Artur Rubin-, weeks ago. They had just returned
si cm nas long ieen an aaornmem io mis country.
He has helped spread the gospel of his art not
only by his- performances but by his engaging
personality.
After fifty years, Mr. Rubinstein is demonstrat
ing that he can still bring ebullience as well as
exaltation to music; he has lost neither the zest
nor the freshness that has always marked his
approach. Many a youthful piano student may well
look with envy upon this master of the keyboard,
who still finds in his music inexhaustible enjoy
ment. (New York Herald Tribune).
Massachusetts Governor to Become Serious
Candidate for GOP Nomination if Ike Says 'No'
- Koinmiiuii ana mi-
portant political
land financial
I ( I backing. And most
iLrJof the Republican
By JOSEPH AND STEWART
ALSOP
WASHINGTON - If President
Eisenhower withdraws, Governor
Christian A. Herter of Massachu
setts, w HI become
most serious
candidate for tht
Republican no in
flation.
Herter will have
S i professional o r -
I - ganization and im
jm.UrmMni the Remibl
Jo-pj Up professionals be
lieve that he will
have at the least a sporting
chance of winning the nomination
from such other more obvious
candidates as Vice President
Richard Nixon and Senator Wil
liam Knowland.
- Indeed, the Her
ter talk among
Republicans is be
ginning to be a
meaningful politi
cal phenomenon,
rather like the
talk about Adlai
. Stevenson
among Democrats
in the very early
days when Steven- M,wrt A Up
son was also little
known nationally.
There are several reasons why
Herter is being taken more and
more seriously as a possible sub
stitute candidate. He has impor
tant qualifications, having served
ably In both the domestic and
foreign policy fields. He is a
proven vote getter. He has, at
one admirer put it, "a sort of
presidential araell."
' He bat also been an all-out
Eisenhower man from the very
first, and finally, be la the only
presently visible alternative can
dld.U ta whom the amorphous
but powerful group of men who
er( largely responsible far
President Eisenhower's comina
' Alios could agree.
Vice - President Nlioa It not.
turk a mai, If President Eisen
hower withdraws and (irmly en
dories Nixon as his successor
there will be, ( course, no really
serious opposition to Nixon from
the Eisenhower men. Otherwise,
there certainly wUl be.
Indeed there is already consid
erable underground opposition to
Nixon for the second place. This
opposition Is partly on personal
grounds. It also derives partly
from the conviction that Nixon,
who has acted as a sort of poli
tical lightning rod for the Admin
istration, would be a drag on the
ticket. V
Already President Elsenhower
has been strongly urged to drop
Nixon and replace bim with Her
ter If the President runs again.
One arger was Cliff Roberts,
banker and golf-playing friend of
the President's. Roberts Is (or
was tsntil a very reront mild
heart attack) a part-time member
of the so railed "Commodore
Regency" of Elsenhower political
strategists.
Roberts had a lengthy report
on Herter's qualifications pre
, pared, undoubtedly with the know
ledge of other members of the
regency. On the basis of this re
port Roberts tried to persuade the
President that Herter was better
qualified for second place than
Nixon. The President was non
committal. But for about a week,
according tq those, who should,
know, he thought about the mat
ter seriously.
Again according to those who
should know, the Idea ef replac
ing Klxon with Herter bus been
nthcr niWjrNdismissed, although,
et course, 11 might be revived
agala If the President decides U
run. The Idea was dismissed part
ly because the President genuinely
droiret tbe Vice-President, and
partly because of tht damaging
political ImpliraUees. But a major
argument was alto used effee
tlTely by Nixon's friends against
Herter (hut fact that Herter was
bora la Paris.
Herter's Paris birth Is, indeed.
the greatest single obstacle to a
Herter candidacy. Since he was
registered at the American con
sulate, most lawyers agree that
Herter is "natural born," as the
Constitution requires. But as long
as the matter remains unsettled,
a cloud of doubt will hang over
the Herter candidacy. The doubt
can only be finally dissipated by
the Supreme Court.
AO sorts of ways of getting the
Supreme Court to make a ruling
well before (he Republican con
vention have beea considered. The
most hopeful precedent cited Is,
oddly enough, that of the Prog
ressive Party, which got a Sup-'
reme Court ruling In 1948 oa
Henry Wallace's eligibility to go
on the Illinois ballot within three
weeks of requesting the decision.
The fact that the Paris birth
problem is already being consid
ered so carefully suggests how
serious the Herter candidacy is
or how serious it could become,
If the President withdraws, His
supporters have been promised
powerful financial and organiza
tional backing in New York. Mas
sachusetts, and elsewhere. Herter
has announced that he will not
run again for Governor, which re
moves one complication. And he
has a significantly full speaking
schedule the invitation to his
forthcoming speech at Washing
ton's National Press Club bore the
Interesting heading "IF IKE
- STEPS OUT, HE COULD STEP
IN."
Evea "If Ike steps tut," Herter
hat, tf course, a long way to go.
He la little known nationally, and
Massachusetts Is no longer the
convenient Jumping off plnce (or
the Presidency It once was. Yet,
conditional and hedged about with
obstacles as It Is, tht Herter can
dldacy Is Interesting, Just because
It It so hard It think of aayont
- else ta whom tht Elsenhower
forces could agree.
- (Coprnrht ISte,
Mow York Uorsld Tribune Inc.)
from a tour of the outer islands.
We are, however, "displaced per
sons" refugees from the full
up Surfrider put temporarily, and
upgraded, in the Royal Hawai
ian, both Matson-owned.
The hotels front along famed
Waikiki beach, and at the back
is Kalakaua Avenue lined with
shops catering to tourists. Bathers
and sun worshippers line the
beach. Tropical costumes abound,
but the "figures" are more for
the delight of the cartoonist than
the sculptor.
We saw the vanguard of the
expedition for maneuvers on lwo
Jima set out from Pearl Harbor,
sailing into the west, this morn-
nffiMiamai'
Safety
Valve
I'RGES IMMUNIZATION
To the Editor:
Today's front page story telling
of the death of two people with
the dread disease of diphtheria
should serve as a reflashing of
the danger signal to all people
generally, and certainly to this
county area.
Only a few months ago the
Marion County Public Health De
partment just decided to stop
administering the general immun
ization shots for diphtheria, small-1
pox, whooping cough and tetanus
in our public schools.
This has been a long-standing
public service to the school child
ren and was probably one of the
most worth while of those ren
ered by the department. Certainly
it was one deeply appreciated and
whose benefits had been well
shared. The broad coverage it
afforded had ottered a security
and attained results that had fur
nished living evidence of its ef
fectiveness. The natural and
broad grouping of school children
had made possible a most con
venient and economical adminis
tration of the plan.
To have school immunization
" services slopped and the money
used for other purposes was a
distinct shock to the parents of
this county.
In fairness, perhaps under any
method some fatalities will occur,
but that is a pathetic excuse for
not doing the best we can. Must
we .lose a few lives occasionally
to get this service voluntarily
returned or must we experience
the tragedy o( an epidemic to
around public opinion to the place
where they will insist upon an
accounting of the services of a
public department?
, M Harley Libby,
Salem, Ore,
10 Years Ago
Feb. 16, 1946
In a ceremony rivaling in glit
ter, pomp and pageantry his
brilliant coronation seven years
ago. Pope Pius XII placed the
symbolic red hat on the heads of
28 new cardinals he created re
cently. The ancient rite was wit
nessed by 20,000.
The home of Mrs. Douglas Mc
Kay was the scene for the tea of
Oregon. State Mothers club. The
tea honored charter members of
the club and new mothers of the
new students. John Fenner, new
alumni secretary, wai guest
speaker.
Racing was secured for Santa
Anita as grooms agreed to con
tinue their duties and track of
ficials boosted all purses $200 to
virtually break the back of a
horsemen's strike which threat
ened to cancel the lush meeting,
including the $100,000 derby.
25 Years Ago
Jeb. 1(. 1931
Wholesale paroling of convicts1
in the Oregon State Penitentiary,
as a means of eliminating the
requirement for additional facil
ities, was suggested at a meeting
of the ways and means commit
tee. Senator Spaulding, said he
was advised "that there are 250
prisoners in the penitentiary who
ought to bt released."
r
From San Francisco, Uncle
Sam's wards of the Pacific, a
million fur seals valued at more
than $23,000,000, are leaving the
warm waters of the south on theif
annual migration to their Alaskan
breeding grounds.
W. M. Ball, Corvallis photo-1
grapher, visited the state legis-j
lature. Mr. Ball's photograph of
I. L. Patterson won highest award
in the salon of the Pacific coast
photographer at San Francisco
several years ago. 4
40 Years Ago !
Feb. 1, 1U
Elizabeth Cornelius is a candi
date for school superintendent of
Marion county at the forthcoming
primaries. She is a native Ore
gonian. Her grandfather made
himself famous in the fight and
victory to save the capital of the
state for Salem. ,
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lo enjoy hSe evening paper and recognizing old fritnds ,
on she strtet. If yo can't do bom wim east ond .
joynotot, perhaps a poir of BIFOCALS will hotp yoe.
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sary of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Hudel
son will be held next week, when
the members of the Grand Army
of the Republic and women s Re
lief Corps will attend in a body.
Councilman Hudelson served two
years with the civil war with
Company B, Indiana volunteers.
The House of Commons passed
new votes of credit to the amount
of forty-two million pounds. This
is expected to carry the war to
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