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1) an. falrin, Ore, Sun., Apr. 22, 'SO THE CRUEL "SEE" ; . i mot 5 t's. No 'car SWi AuV f roa I it k .ilrtaiaa. HJl(k II, MSI uicsmaa IVLlikUL-j Company CIIAULO A. SlilAOJE, EJitoi At i'ublliU ut (. wrjr maritiM Suwimm am M ak. it iu. huiui ti'uxk SI.. Or. ftUphMt -ail rm.tl 1 th tsrfw H balm. Or . M Mean im ikiih an mi of Cwi'M Mart f. tel. Heather Aaaaclatad Preae th Amriat4 W uHMl artini 1 tut rapuliluuliu at U taral a prialad la I . . till MilMf. Teamster Purge Nffdfd The gravest feature 0 the expose now be ing mad by the Oregonlan of organized ef fort! to syndicate vice In Portland ia tha part played by officials or associates of officials of the leamsteri union In Iba act up. Thia link up'cf powerful labor organization with, public official! on pnt hand and with over, lord, of vice on tha other threetene tha pit larf of public order. If to lha economic pow cr of the tcamstera' union if added the bloc voting power of iti membership and both are directed toward fattening the purees of thoae who boi the racket, the city and atate are put in peril It it therefore diaturbing to note that no official in the teamatera union and ao far ' pone of Ita mrmberihip has expressed even an Interest in the dlsclosurei which involve ihri own executive. One article in the Portland Journal explained that officer! are determined by the top braaa rather than the membership. So far the top brass hain't been heard from. The law can fend off the graft era when the evidence ia tupplled aa it if now by the Oregon ian. Only the union, however, can'purge its officialdom of the ex-convicts who haven't reformed and the corruptionifta who exploit the union for their own gain. Meantime, at the national level, Dave Beck pertlita In barking the teamster association with, the racket-ridden longshore union. George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, has called a special meeting of the executive council on May 1st when he will demand the suspension of the teamsters' union because of this alliance. Beck rejoins that he will take the matter Into court. As though to flaunt Meany, the teamsters threw a big dinner for James Hoffa, vice president of their International, Triday night at tetroit's state fair coliseum. Beck was there along with lot of other big shots. The proceeds of the $109 plate affair were to go to the aid of children of Israel. Hoffa Is the guy' who negotiated the deal with the ILA he proposed lending the longshore union 1400,000 of teamster money, but Beck would, n't go that far. It looks aa though the rank and file had better organize themselves for a cleansing of teamster officialdom from top to bottom. Driving FaJJar Ira In hardly any area of human affairs are statistics gathered ao faithfully and weighed and compared as in the matter of traffic arel . dent. So familiar are we with this fart that one of the slogans for aafcty Is, "Don't be come a statlitlc." Some funny things show up when the fig ures are all tabulated. A booklet put out by Travelers Insurance companies under the title of "fatal Fallacies" shows some of them. That SO par cent of all accidents causing death and injury are due to driver error will occasion 00 surprise; nor that the greatest single cause is "exceeding speed limit" It la a fallacy though to assume that the greater the experience the greater the care. In the 193S summary 91.1 per cent of fatal acci dents on highways occurred with drivers who had one year or more of experience. And H i per cent of auch accidents happened when cars were apparently In good condi tion. Nor should one be lulled into indiffer ence because the road ahead ia clear, for 04.7 per cent of fatal accidents were recorded on dear days, only two per cent In fog and 11.1 per cent in rain. Moreover, 71 4 per cent of auch accidents took place when the car was going straight ' The booklet concludes: Highway safety la a problem In human etifi aecrug. Any witempt to shift the emphasis to , mechanical ar highway engineering ia a failure to place the responsibility mint K belongs. Aa king as faulty logic and rationalization motivate our motorists, no real Improvement caa be expected. Only whea fatal fallacies give way te conscious care, will we be able to forge aa effective weapon against this terrible annual waste of life and property. There Just is no substitute for driver vig ilance. . T .. ... l!arquls Qiilda, Washington reporter, who has been making a political tour of the coun try, reports from Portland that it war Ralph H. Cake, former Republican national com mit'.eeman, who started the push to get Doug McKay to run. for the Senate. Childs wrote that Cake phoned Presidential Assistant SL?rmaa Adams to aay that a private poll shqwed that only McKay could defeat Morse. So -it appears that on the strength of a pri vate poll one Oregon Republican got the wheels at the White House to turning, and when the machinery ; stopped there was ' McKay signing up aa a candidate. ' Grata Dificrjltir Emmett Kelly made an appearance on a TV program a few nighta ago. He ia the world famous clown, and the reason he could take part in a TV program Instead of the Ringling Bros and Bamum 4c Bailey circus which was performing at Madison Square Garden was that be had quit the circus. Thia was on orders of the American Guild of Va riety Artists- which Is battling with the In temational Brotherhood of Teamsters over Jurisdiction over entertainers, drivers and roustabouts. Caught in the middle is the circus itself. Advertised as tha Greatest Show on Earth it faces tremendous difficulties to keep operat lag, and a labor aquabble may just do it in. The circus finds it harder to obtain sites to pitch Ita tent where plenty of parking space is available. Costa of transporting ind main taining the circus have zoomed. Ringling'a long ago contracted from seven big rings to three and now is forced to other strict econ omies. Circus-goers will miss Emmett Kelly with his black face and wide mouth, "the. sad faced little clown who has delighted hun dreds of thousands of children and adults with his antics." Even with his grease paint and ahabby clothes, he will not have the ap peal on TV that he had on the sawdust under the Big Top. ; do vou Trie ntyirV" tvjod ... W Sk p' V-a-fiJ ti?a jf, : Wk Ms ' taWni ill i ifiitw I "" 1! Cuite l contrast between the two weddings of last week. Ia a palace and a, cathedral a very attractive motion picture star became thi bride of a European prince. In another ceremony the daughter of a one time Pres ident of the United States married a work in newapaper man, in a small Episcopal church in a midwestern city. We have an ida that Margaret Truman was pleased that hd; marriage could be solemnized free of the pomp and the glitter of European royalty, The U. V. Economic and Social Council by a vote of 15 to postponed indefinitely de bale on a proposal to reform the calendar. Thia was one of the "world calendar plans in which every day of the month would fall on the aame day of the week every year. A aingle calendar thus would suffice from year to year. (That would be hard on calendar makers and on the artiste who paint the ani fnala and children and farm scenes and nudes that are calendar favorites). We have never been enthusiastic for a world calendar. It seems about aa remote as world government ' There's a new book out written especially for candidates seeking public office. The book is called "Care and Feeding of Political Reporters." It's purpose is to instruct young and nervous candidates on how to handle ques tions from newspaper reporters. Chapter -a titles range all the way from "Sidetrack ing the Subject," to "Snowballing the Ques. uon. And the last chapter contains a wealth of miscellaneous information for the beginning campaigner, auch as how to tell if the chicken salad is fresh, how short can didates can best look tall hecklers in the eye, what to do for heartburn, etc. . . . The chapter m "Evasive Tsctio," Is of iaterest fart ef t reads. "If a reporter should ask the caadieale a direct facstioa about a bribe the 'candidate la SAXWttd si takiag, two Ihlags avast be done Imasedialely. First .the esadidate should rlfaroasly shake the Mwsssaa's kaad. This stakes the crowd taiak the o.uestloa was a frieadly -aad If tae candidate la lacky he caa aup the reporter's pew rlL Secondly the candidate atast begla talking ia boesalag Uses about the city, weather, Us ova campaign, eld Meads, fiae reception, etc., all the tloM saeviag away from the press Progress on the proposed merger of Long Bell Lumber Co. with International Paper Co. ia "encouraging and favorable" accord ing to the report of L-B president Jesse An drews to stockholders at their annual meet ing. He also reported his company ia nego- -tiating to buy some 240 million feet of tim ber in California, If the merger develops International is expected to extend its paper manufacturing to this coast. democrats Using Primary Election Figures To Show Eisenhower Beatable in November ' w.. . a a .".. ' .'U By Stewart Altos WASHINGTON Since the President's veto of the farm bill, and tha recent series of primar ies, some Democrats ara begin ning to say that Eisenhower can be beaten, snd even to sound ss if they ssesnt it iaiost Democrata still privstely . L . I I . . , iaat there is about as much caance of beating the Presid eat as there would be of defeating a auddenly resur rected George Washington. Yet the reasoning of I V., M-AU t i "" mlstle minority it at least worth reproducing. falls roughly into five parts. j 1. The public opinion polls provide the only solid evidence fhst the President Is invincible. But early ia the IMS esmpaign the polls also showed Thomas X. Dewey winning by a land slide margin. And this year, be fore tha Minnesota primary, the polls showed Adlsl Stevenson running as much as three to one ahead of Estea Kefauver. Ia short the evidence provided by tha polls or ao the Democratic ptimiits elsim is demonstra ly unreliable. 2. More reliable evidence Is provided by the elections which have taken place since 1951 As ne Democrat put It "Tha Re publlcins have lost more elec- tions under Eisenhower In the tt three years than under sny tepubllcsn President ia this Century, snd probably ia his iory." I There Is some fsctusl bsis !rr this extreme statement The lemocrats scored a higher pro. ortion of tbe popular rots in he lfl:t Congrnwional eleetloa htn In sny off year election amce int Wherever else you Jjokthf special elections (7 out of S Democratic wins), tha guoernstortal elections ( gov ernoships won, none lost), the state legislaturea (300 sests won, five lost) the pattera of re markable Democratic success holds. X. Farther evideaee Is pro vided by the recent primaries. The Democrata compare the party vote la 15 aad 19S pri maries, and claim eauae far JuUUUsa. The 151 Mlaeaaota primary voting waa about taw te one Republican, and this pre portioa was reversed In 19SS. The Republieaa vote ia Wiscon sin dropped XI per ceat la Il linois, the Demaerata went from a third ef the vote to almost half, aad ia New Jersey from 27 per eeat to 41 per eeal. 4. "All this talk about a third party revolt in the South li a lot of malarkey, plus' Republi can wishful thinking." Again, there is some factual basis for this statement According to a memorandum circulated by the Democratic National Committee, not a single Democratic Sena tor, Governor, or other high party official in the South has publicly favored a third psrty. And a lot of Southerners, from Alabsma'a Gov. Folsom to Georgia's revered Sen. George, hsve been busy pouring cold water on the third party idea, As a recent statement by Sen. Hubert Humphrey saggests, the Democratic leadership hooes te -avoid a convention split aver the civil rights plant The Idea Is to frame t plank which will make a formal bow towards the Sanreme Court's decision, bat will leave eat all mentloa ef federal eafercemeat If this measure of sppesse ment hss the desired effect the Democrata will hsve st least rational grounds for hoping that the Southern and normally Dem ocratic border states will return to their traditional allegiance. Ia that ease, the Democratic candidate will Inherit 170 elec toral votes, with only another M needed to win. Surely, the Democrata argue, with the farm ers ia revolt and other special voting groups unhappy, it will not be impossible to pick up those M votes, S. The Democrata have now - plucked ap their courage to at tack the President freatally. A headline la tbe earreat lasae ef the "Demecratie Digest" sets the Use: "Ezra Tikes the Blame . . . Bat It's Ike's Farm Depressloa." The Presideat win be attacked freatally far "bro ken promises" en firm and la bor legtslstlen. aad etlie,aely aa a "part time Presideat" presid ing ever a "rich maa's admin istration This line of attack could be effective. Moreover, though soma Democratic claims are exaggerated (for example, there is ao contest for the Republieaa nomination, which largely ac counts for the drop In the Re publican primary vote) Demo cratic successes at the polls since 1032 have been undeniably Impressive. Evea so, there la a certain wUsUlag la-lba-dark eoaad whea Democrata talk about beating Elsenhower la November. If one imsgiaes a posl-elecuoa head Us -"Elsenhower beatea by . . . "-It is remarkably diffi cult te fill ia the blank with tbe aame of any visible Demo cratic eaadidate. Yet the facts listed above da safgeat that the Xepubticsas may be a mite tee complacent about the election, as they were ence before ia re eeat memory. (Copyright Mow Tars tuiit Trimiao las.) Time Flies FROM STATESMAN FILES 10 Years Ago Apr. Zi. IMS Vntallied numbers of motorists followed the blossom routes to see hillsides bathed in color al though the cherry trees were al ready shedding their robes of white. The first postwar Eastern and Blossom Sunday drew whnt are believed to be record crowds to the mid-valley area. j 25 Years Ago - Apr- 8, 1M1 The Zonta Club board of direc tors has chosen Miss Alene Phil-' lips, secretary to Hal lloss, secre-1 tary of state, president of the club for the next year. Other o(- ficers chosen were: Belle Nilcs Brown, Helen Louise Crosby,, Dorothy Pearce, Hazel Cook and Winifred Herrick. 40 Years Ago Apr. tt, 1111 Meyers store, known as Salem's big department store add sev eral bargains in their add. new middy blouses for W cents each: millinery at $1.50, $3 and $5.45 each Downgrade of Molotov May Be Illusion By . M. ROBERTS AP News Aaalrat Reports that V. M. Molotov is being downgraded by the Soviet hierarchy Indicates a realization that they could never sell the "new look" as long as they used Stalin's old hammer. His record of intransigence Is loo long, his inability to see any thing he does not wish to see Is too great. The things he has said about the West and its leaders have been too bitter ever to be forgotten. When Molotov talks about coop erating for peace, in the Middle East, or elsewhere, he just Isn't believed. Khrushchev li-Ce. aren't having much luck selling the "new look" anyway. World diplomats warn that it la more 'look" than any thing else, and some prefer to call K the "smile offensive." a Whea Molotov succeeded Maxim Litvinoff as foreign minister ia 1939 everyone read the sign cor rectly as meaning that Russia was abandoning cooperation with the West. The pact which gave Hitler a free hand for war against the West soon followed. , But when Hitler turned against Russia. Litvinoff was called out of hiding to re-estahlish close rela tions with the United States. He did such a good job that the cold war, which began throwing its shadow long before the end of the hot war, caught American policy makers flatfooted. The Russians work that way, using football's two-platooh system. It may not be true that Molotov Ls being downgraded. It may be that he will be placed In a position of reserve merely for the sake of the "new look," available for re call to the front lines whenever the hierarchy wants to throw a few "Molotov cocktails." Khrushchev himself pulled a typical "Molotov" when be opened the current London conference with his reference to Russia's pos session of the A-bomb, and her ability to fly to London in S 4 hours. Dictatorships, whether they be personal or collective, always seem to need such tactics from time to time. Even if Molotov is being down graded, as is the memory of his late master, Stalin, it would mean a sincere disavowal of belliger ency by the hierarchy. It would mean that he is not in step with current tactics. Ii might also have some bearing on current estimates that the Red army is now playing a restraining role in Russia foreign policy, de termined that revolutionary tac tics shall not be permitted to get the country into a war now . m m m There are indications that the army has no intention of letting a war develop until it has an in dustrial backing comparable to that of the United States. And that, observers guess, is going to take at least 10 or more years. The Communists have never set a timetable for world revolution. Their chief pbjective now is to dull Western defensive measures, weaken the Anglo-American en tente, lull the free worM to sleep, so that at the end of those years Russia may act as she pleases. Niolotov's strident voice is poor when it comes to lullabies. The chapter on "Misinterpreting the Question" offers this advice: "Suppose a reporter asks a candidate this question. 'Were you ever convicted of drunk driving?' The enterpris ing candidate will answer, 'Yes. That IS on old klunk I'm driving. I can't afford a better car. I am not a wealthy can didate seeking to enrich myself, but rather an average man of the people, who, though poor . . . etc' , . . This technique is also known as leaving no stone unretumed ..."... Chapter C oa "Stamp Questions" haa this te offer. "FreewnUy a aealoas reporter will ask a candidate for pre cinct committeeman to give his views oa solving the Middle East problem. Tbe candidate can always clear his throat aad nuke tbe following statement: 'I had aa ancle once who did some trsvelliag through the Middle East He took some pic tures ef seme date trees and Arabs. I've got those pictures around heme someplace. Yon come ever so me time and I'll shew 'em te yen.' ...".... iiBt . , The chapter on "Snowballing the Question," gives this ad vice. "Frequently an unsympathetic reporter will ask this question, "How can you favor all those costly schemes and still aay you favor a tax reduction?" To this the prepared campaigner answers something like this, 'A wise man once said, you can tax my house but don't lay a hand on my dog. I take this to mean that taxes, benefits, the American flag and this great nation of ours are caught up and deeply en twined in the hearts of men everywhere. Free men, that is. Men who made this country what it is today. Do I make my self clear?' - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmwMmmmimtm w Ex-State Civil Service Leader Tells Assignment James M. Clinton, former direc tor of the State Civil Service Com mission, will leave Monday for1 Richland. Wash., where he has a temporary position to set up a pay and classification plan (or that city's employes. Clinton said he will be employed on tin; project for about two months. He returned last year from the Fhillipine Islands, where he worked in a similiar capacity fur the Phillipine government. FLAG JS MISSING HUNTINGTON, Ind. ITV-Devon Blackburn, mayor of this city of 13.000, couldn't find an Amer ican flag anywhere whea be tried to buy one lor his office. Ne fin ally had to order one through a mail order catalogue. 4. OtW Galatea Prion -MH Subscription Rates a? rarritr In cltlm Daily only , 1 a per mo. Dally and Sunday I 1.45 pr ma Sunday onm .IS wk By oiall SaaSiy Mlyt I In advancd Anywhar la U.8 I SO per mo, 1 71 ix ma I N ytar Byaill Dallr ul SunSayi On advance! In Oreion , t I 10 per mo. ' I SO tlx BIO. 10 50 year In U S autald Orioo . S 1.44 par m. Mmkr . ASlt fulfil of rtrrnlatio Bar at AvrUln ANPA nr-toa Nmtr , fahllititra AhscUUm ASftriumi Bprwauavni WarS-firiffltk C. Writ Holllday C. Nw Yr Chlraio laa rraaclac Dtrli Wmh'mpon Mirror: Morse Rising Early To Talk to Farmers lha Sly A. ROBERT SMITH BUIeaaaaa t'orreapaadaat WASHINGTON - It's beginning to look like the fellow who beys Sen. ' Wayne Morse Is going to ban to get up awfully early the morning te do H. Morse haa bee a rolling rut before dawn Derlorl- i ii.. i 1 1 to show autte V f proudly his herd of Devon cattle on his nearby Mary land farm to every visiting group of Oregon farmers comes to town. aTbis past week, for example, a' group of rrlneville area resid ents was here to urge Congress to approve the Crooked River reclamation project bill. But hours before the lawmakers opened shop on Capitol Hill the visitors had a I a m. date with Sen. Morse. The senator and Mrs. Morse had got up even earlier to pick them op at their hotel and drive them out Into the country for a look at the Morse herd. After a good farm breakfast, they re turned them te their scheduled appointments in the capital. a Apparently geUlag ap with Ike eowt pays off lor Morse, la Ore- gae la t snoatb a reporter far Ike Eageae Register-Guard was told by a retaralag farmer aboat got Uag the red carpet treatment tram Maria the cattleman. "You knew." he observed. "Senator Morse was abont tbe Jy naaa la Waahlagtoa was seemed to nude rata ad ear pr lens." a a The PrineviUe visitors bad a disquieting forecast for the Morse camp. They predicted Phil Hitch cock would defeat Douglas McKay. Morse hopes McKay will win. Washington la still chuckling over a quip left behind by Doug McKay. He was part of the orig inal Elsenhower cabinet until he resigned to run for the Senate.! Tbe original cabinet had becq dubbed the eight millionaires and a plumber" because it was made up of well-to-do business men and lawyers and one labor ing man, former Labor Jtecre lary Martin Durkln. When Mrs. McKay heard this the turned to Doug and re marked, "Douglas, you never told me you were a plumber a a ReMbllraas frarn tt state aad territories who were la Iowa Ibis past rk Isr a high powered campaign strategy, eoafrrenr CMlda'l avoid the meat enllaad-. lab display of paUllral gadgets, knlrkkaarks aad gregawa that btdtrated what Uee ahead la Ibis; presidential election year. I j In the hotel where they mct.i the GOP politicians were given the big sales pilch by the msnu (arturers of eamnalan buttons.' slickers and what-have you. They were showing virtually anything they could print' those famous letters on, IKE. . This included such visors, pens, book matches, beer ran openers, bracelets and evea sheer hosiery for the gal who la ao aemcaieai to the cause that, she wants to 1 toll every msn who looks at her . ankles that ."I Like Ike." One clever auto sticker de signed to be splashed across the back bumper of the family car was a parody or the warnings about aot passing on the right. At one end it showed an elephant and the words, "Safe side." At; the opposite end It showed a don key and tbe Inscription, "Suicide." THE NOSE KNOWS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. W Jn a'S-1 decision, Ilorids's Supreme Court upheld an arrest by an of ficer who Mid he smelled fer menting mssh. In the msjoriiy opinion, Justice B. K. Roberts wrote of the odor 01 mssn mere I. nnihinir else in the world I ever1 encountered that smells like it." County Volcr List Delayed Complete liiliiiltilion of Voter reg istration totals won't tx completed for several more days, It was an nounced Buturdav by the Marina County clerk's office. I'eraonnrl of the nlflre continued (ha task of compiling figures oa (Saturday, which normally Is an idle duy at the courthouse. Com pMe tabulations have here delay ed by the heavy mu. of laat minute registrations on ' deadline day last Tuesday..' , mi IB.fi0to.iH3 $ and StUct a VURLITZER PIAKO Thousands ara doing It, you can tool I RENT or BUY for1 at Utile at $3.77 a week. ., i lessons IndhgoWal group available ... : , "hooe te riANO COMPANY 1280 State St., Salem, Ore. Active Gubs Hear Talk By Hitchcock EUGENE Philip Hitchcock. Republican candidate for U. S. Senate nomination, flew here Saturday to speak sfter a day of campaigning in Portland and Beaverton. I The 51 year-old candidate, fly-! ing a borrowed Cessna 180, took off from Beaverton Airport at 5 p. m. He was scheduled ss the main speaker at the 7:30 p. m. banquet of the Active Clubs' Dis trict 3 convention in Eugene. Hitchcock wsrned the conven tion delegates to 'resist all at tempts aimed at undermining the checks and balances of our gov ernment, and guard against at-j tempts to take control from the voters and place it in the hands 1 Of s hjdden few. ; The Republieaa candidate. called for greater moral respon sibility in government in the pat tern laid down by President Ei senhower," snd said the people of the United States must lesd tbe world ia reducing tbe burn ing hatreds that lead to war . . . in maintaining natural resources for the generations that come after ua." Graduation Gill! Only LI Per Week THI pp'" k.?r. Rent Credit Will Be Applied to Purchase Price Ve Give Green Stamps Kay Typewriler Co. 223 N. High Phone 3-8095 Efl.U 'a, ; v ' m - ...... ... -., , , - mi. 4 i ?;5,:'.. ,-(,,'.. .;....,) 1 i 1 in tt; ' ' i fall bag I sU if f - i' McKay Backers Open Quarters The Marion County McKay for Senator committee has opened campaign offices at 330 Court St., according .-lo-. County Chairman Kenneth Potts. Women volunteers under, Mrs. Edward E. Roth will mnn the office in support of former In terior Secretary Douglas McKay who is seeking the Republican nomination for V. S. Senate. The count campaign organiza tion includes G. F. Chambers, and Mrs. Leon Terry, finance co-chairman. -. in Vi-gil T. Golden Serving Salem and Vicinity as Funeral Directors for 25 Years Convenient I a c a f I a n-S. Commercial Street-on a bus line-direct route te com. eteriet no cross traffic to hinder servi ces Salem's most modem funeral homo with Haling capacity for 300. Services within your means, always. Virgil T. Golden Co. , Golden Grace $ MS S. Commercial Si. FUNERAL SERVICi Phone 4-2257