The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 23, 1956, Page 4, Image 4

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    4-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed, May 23, .'56 (
'Is -rTK tM Journalistic provincUliim. Measured by bulk,
C&! GrtA0n3DlllUSiail J wlume ol advertising, and J of circu.
evidently their greatness doesn't extend to
REFRESHER COURSE
tWo Favor Swayt Vi. h'o Fear Shall Awf
; frw first IIiHimi. March U. 1IM
V Suleiman Publishing Company
CHARLES A. SFRAGUE. Editor & Publish
, PuBIHhed every Homing Buflnnt attic JSt
1 Worth Church St, Belem, Oft. rtlphoj 4-MII
tntered M Um peatsdfice at Mlem, Or., at seeoaa
tlete mtuer under act f Cenirt March a, ItM.
Member Asaecteled Prats
Dm Aaaoelatea Pna It mIium ecluvtl ta th aaa
for rtpublletUon el all local Mt priatad U
1 ' thit epeeee.
"UtUe Hurricane"
" With committee! ot Congress probing into
military affairs with the special purpose of
finding out how well advanced our defense
technology Is, the occasion was offered for
partisans of the several services to play their
hand. Apparently they overdid it, for Defense
Secretary Wilson called a hurried press con
ference at the Pentagon where he, the secre
taries of the several military departments
- uu vuicih ui auui tuuiumcu iu uceiiuiuuaj.
Apparently Wilson did most of the talking
and spoke quite as directly to the several
services as to the public through the press.
They all promised, however, a thorough in
: vestigation to trace the bickering which was
attributed to lower echelons in the several
services. 1
. This rivalry la old, and as Wilson Mid, to
I certain degree it Is a good thing, the com
petition putting each branch of the service
on its mettle. The methods of the infighting
are old, too: information is made to "leak"
from official sources to Journalists who are
favorable to the site supplying it, as was ad
mitted by a Navy captain a few years ago.
Publicity then flows, Congress gets stirred
up, committees start probing, further strife1
break out within the defense establishment.
There was a fierce controversy over uni
fication; with General Bradley referring con
temptuously to the "fancy dans" (Navy) who
were In opposition. Another feud was that
between the Navy and the Air Force over
putting reliance on long-range bombers and
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was done, though later big carriers were
authorized and built Now the' contention is
over guided missiles and the agencies which
may develop and use them, and the role of
the Navy in offensive aerial warfare.
This "little hurricane" blew to such pro
portions "that, the Commander-in-Chief be
came concerned. Secretary Wilson reported,
after a visit' with the President that Eisen
hower was "a bit unhappy" over the revival
of inter-service rivalry. He intimated, too,
that disciplinary action may fall on officers
who "stick their heads up" in violation of
orders to avoid provoking controversy.
None of this daunts Congress, however.
Senator Symington's committee is going to
proceed with its inquiry into missile produc
tion and other mllitan nrocurement. also on
IU. ,. u1 1 I I - 1 f .11 .
ma nary iuiv in luvuci u wauuw. ruw tu,
Congress ha the final say because ty appro
priates the money for the department of
defense.
Is all quite bewildering to most Amer
icans. They know they Ire being taxed heav
ily, for national defense and feel they should
be; getting the very best that brains can
provide. They are disturbed over reports of
leyiargy in development and of conflicts
rijong the services. They must depend on
Cojigress to lay out the program through its
appropriations and on the President and sec
retary of defense to maintain discipline for
the) proper carrying out of our defense poli
cies. They arc the only ones who can see the
. problems as t whole. The separate services
often are unable to see the forest for the
triot In thuip nam hark Varrlx.
provincial Texas Papers
S'ls it true what they-say about Texas?"
' Well, what are they saying? A historian,
Hugh Russell Eraser, now domiciled in Texas,
thinks Texans are "on the whole" just about
the ."most provincial people in America."
Tljey get that way "because their newspapers
m't 4.11 lh
. UM I V1CUI. V i
fizser has done some computing and re-
corns li in me av naroer s. aie iouna inai
the Dallas Morning News averaged only five
and one-half columns of world and national
nes out of a total of 28' columns of news
(excluding features, sports, editvials. so
ciety); ana tne Dallas nmes-iier only six
oujt of 29H columns. The Fort ' ih Star
Telegram did a little better averaging six and
one-half columns out of a total of 31. The
Houston papers were Just about as bad. How
efcr, Fraser did find one "notable oasis" in
this "Journalistic Sahara" the Beaumont
.enterprise me oniy one wnn me possioie
AntUn A 4k Pntmltt fhple4l Pellef wklott
gives intelligent and balanced coverage of
national and International news."
;The result is ingrown local patriotism and
- confirmed hostility to anything "foreign",
that is, outside of Texas, Considering the size
of. Texas there may be some excuse for this,
but hardly to the point of Justifying such
keeping their readers informed on world ani
national, event not like the Denver Post
with 14 column. of "outside" news and the
St.Louis Post-Dispatch with thirteen and one
half. Texans who are interested in what goes on
across their state borders would fare better,
says Fraser, if they subscribed to the Toronto
Star: "It carries more news about the United
States than either the Dallas News or the
Houston Chronicle."
IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT I HAVE
F0RGOTT6H4
AGAIN ?
French Farmers Block Roads
Farmers in France have their troubles, too.
To advertise their complaints thousands of
them rolled their farm machinery across the
roads blocking Sunday motorists on their
jaunts into the country and keeping police
busy opening lanes of traffic. During the
blockade the fanners passed out tracts ex
plaining their plight which was made more
serious by crop damage in the disastrous
freeze of last February. The demonstration
did accomplish that result. It may also ac
quaint the public in France with the basic
problem of French agriculture which is simp
ly that it is overmanned under modern con
dition of farming.
French farmer report that 200,000 small
farms have disappeared in the past ten years,
but the fact remains that still some 80 per
cent, of the "active" population is engaged in
agricultural pursuits, as against 22 per cent
in Denmark and 19 per cent in Holland. Ac
cording to a report to the Christian Science
Monitor, from Parts by Joan Thiriet, farmers
in Northern France, using modern methods
and equipment, do very well, especially at
farm prices fixed to sustain marginal farm
ers on poor farms in the South.
It will be interesting to see what the wmmmmm
French government does for relief or French,
farmers their chief demand now is for cred
it to get them over the current crisis. . Be
leaguered as it is with its troubles in Algeria,
the government surely does not welcome any
outbreak of discontent on the home scene. It
does seem clear, however, that there should
h in occuDational shift in France from agri
culture to Industry but both emplovers and
isnswiwaea
Cosigffi Safety
y aivc
Student body at the State School for the Blind recently
bought three azalea plants as a memorial to a student who
Pratetts Memorial Selection
restrictive philosophy If Industry is to expand , . . M Christine Ortiano, 7. Turned out the Whea . MW
to absorb those who transfer from farming.
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Co. reports It
has made contracts covering ale of 511 mil
lion cubic feet of natural gas a day to cus
tomers in the Pacific Northwest. Its pipe
line has reached Umatilla, Ore., save for one
30-mile stretch and work is in progress on
the Washington side of the Columbia River.
Portland Gas & Coke will start its change
over of burners in August to be ready for
turning the valves to deliver natural instead
of manufactured gas. The advent of natural
gas gives a big supplement to our fuel sup
plies in this region.
The president of the University of Iowa
says that half of Its law school graduates this
year will leave the state, attracted by better
fh tnnrimnnH
"I plants were imported from the Rothschild picture of the pioneer statue for
estate in hngiana. Tne same estate where the long-discussed Moore Mem-
the girl's father, Adriano Ortiano, had
worked before bringing his family to Amer
ica. The azaleas are planted and in full
bloom Just south of the new school build
ing on Mission St. . . .
F.lectioa Ifftavert . . . Theme song af
successful primary candidates bow is, "Will
You Love Me in November as You Did la
May?" ... and for unsuccessful candidates, "You Tell Ma
Your Dreamt and I'll Tell You Mine." . . . And voters wbe
balloted at Hoover School Friday received auite a Jar when
they noticed election slogans posted along the school balls.
Signs like, "Vote tor Scott; He's Hot!" Turned out though,
they were campaign signs for the school's student body elec
tions . . .
orial, 1 was shocked, but I did
not know at that time that the
Art Association had made other
recommendations after three or
four years of study. Now that I
do know, I am indignant. It
seems to me Salem should have
taken the advice of people edu
cated in art for so important a
choice as this one.
AH we have is another pioneer
family in a new medium. We have
pioneers in murals, pioneers in
frescoes, one gold-leaf job on top
of the capital, one bronze rider in
the park and goodness knows
how many paintings around town.
The figures are handsome and
clean and characterless; the
sculpture is quite competent, in
lrtiM mantiiMita i-m 1 1 si kmta Vi a1 rnA In rt AAiiniinrt this ntwtar taMiviftn 4n tk Inf Knt
r . . . . eavill Hp hats tUUIIg lllaU.IUJIca TtUUlU liaC lICipcu m IUV Ul lUUlllill& s;w iwi, i'h
opportunities elsewhere, iowtm will aeonie Qut ffom un(Jer tnowstorm of baUoU Tha ,on- m someone could have dressed up
of county, state and city measures and candidates kept some JJJJ ,pcture of memand Put
boards up to their ballot boxes in uncounted votes for hours jt on . billboard in the Dark with
f. . t- 11. .1 A T L , 1 . fl- - I 1
sner uie pons ciosea. even ai inai, ine aisicsman s eiauu- just as much meaning. Besides
rate network of drivers and correspondents gathered about
60 per cent of the total Marion County vote within four
hours. And they travelled nearly 1,000 miles to do it . . .
whether this is boon or bane for their state.
Editorial Comment
WANTS WON CURTAIN AROUND V. S.
Representative Francis Walter Dem., Pcnn
has introduced and is holding hearings on a bill
designed to knock out recent court decisions re
quiring full and fair hearings in passport cases.
The measure also would give the State Depart
ment broad statutory authority to deny passports
for travel abroad.
A U. S. court of appeals ruled last year that
all citizens had a "natural right" to travel and
that this right couldn't be denied without a hear
ing in accordance with due process of law. A
federal district court declared several months
later: "The right to a quasi-judicial hearing must
mean more than the right to permit an applicant
to testify and present evidence. It must include
the right te know that the decision will be reached
upon evidence of which he is aware and can refute
directly
Marion County clerk's office received more than its nsual
number of election day telephone calls from confused voters
and board clerks. Voters were having their usual problems
of not knowing where to vote, wondering If they were reg
istered, etc. And calls came from a lot of persons whose ad
dresses had been changed recently by the postofflce, but not
reported to the clerk's office. Some boards were letting these
people vote, and others were not. But the predicted uproar
over signing the pollbooks failed to materialise . . .
t t
When, and if, Hattie Bratzel wins the district attorney
title in November she will be the first woman in the history
of Oregon to do so. There have been several women deputy
DA's in Oregon and several women candidates for the job.
tiiere would have been the ad
vantage of easily destroying it
when everyone got weary of
Oregon does not have to '
on its pioneers any more. I. s
an intellectual and artistic life
i even though the vote on the lib
rary and park bonds might make
one doubtful there, too.) Surely
we could have relied on the Art
Association in this case, as the
group best qualified to choose a
present-day embodiment of Ore
gon's spirit.
Margaret B. Kingnalda,
lfi5 West Washington.
Forest Fires Agaia
To the Editor:
The clouds have barely cleared
away with the arrival of spring,
when we again read of forest
The Walter bill would make it Impossible for But none, even though they probably were qualified, have fjres burnin)( and out of con(r()1
ever made the grade. Several other states, however, have
distaff DA's ...
Loot Missed By Burglar
applicants for passports to know the evidence
against them. It prohibits applicants from hearing
"all information affecting the national security,
safety and public interest or tending to compro
mise investigative sources." The language covers
such a broad area it just about gives the State
Department a blank check to withhold any infor-
mation it .wants. , . A burglar who broke into the rear door. Nothing else was re-
Coupled witn this is an equally broad provision fc 223 N Com. missing and apparently no
that would requir. denia o passports to persons mwd, a fft withmt hjj loo,laU( t h4d been m,de t0 brfak
wnose travel aoroaa wouia advance uie tause ui pohc said
the Communist movement.'' The department pre- , .
sumably could make this vague determination on ihStvfral rtlclf of clothing from
the basis of secret witnesses and evidence that tt"e.to,wt" 7d ,n
would be unavailable for cross-examination and (b'ankt lso 'rom, the tor
. . ,. outside the door Monday morning,
Scott McLeod. administrator of the State Depart- ' Kidwh
' ment's bureau of security and consular affairs. In 'Lin. .
h ftl IV,. .nr.llv f.vnr. th, Entry WM m ,0reln
provisions of the bill. We trust congress will take
a more jaunuicra view ui im puwcn ii rouum .,.., . aiTlx rr a n snr ri I I
to the department. The right to travel ought not filUIN AINU BLAH II DV LlClltV
ka .a.ktattas4 kt XJ Anpatnl at iraa WstUaaf'tl Trnn
W luuvn ICU "J rjir hiomii i omi tiii
Curtain approach to passports.
Des Moines Register.
attempt
into the safe or cash register, po
lice said.
Brown mud, a waste product in
the process of extracting aluminum
from bauxite, is a good source of
agricultural lime, says the V. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Writer Finds Bickering Over Planes, Ships,
Men, Weapons in Capita! Just Same Old Stuff
" By J. M. ROBERTS
AP News Analyst
It happens every year about
this time.
When Congress Is studying ap
for their special interests instead
of accepting plans coordinated, or
in the process of being coordinat
ed at the top.
This is only natural at a time
propriations for defense, stories when new weapons are creating
begin to come out of Washing'
ton comparing various parts of the
defense program with each other
and with those of other countries.
. We've beard it over and over
jgain this, bickering about ships
aadplanes, weapons and men.
Tne country thought right after
World War II that some of it would
be eliminated with "unification"
f the services. Joint planning
boards were expected to reach ex
pert decisions on the role or va
rious forces In the ever-all defense
picture. They were expected to
approach their tasks oa a thor
oughly abjective basis.
Perhaps it was too much to ex
Pct. Now there has been an obvious
aUempt by some experts te go
ever the beads of their superiors.
aeeking te obtaia public support
- , - ..... .
even the specialised committees
of Congress are the proper court
of last resort.
t
It was argued, at the time of
"unification," that the only way to
approach these decisions properly
was through establishment of a
single military service, whose suc
cess would depend upon thorough
integration, and in whch the plan
ners would be responsible not for
one service, but for tIL
new concepts of military tactics
and strategy. Highly trained men.
to important posts because of
special abilities, see things being
done, or not being done, which
they believe affect the success of
their assignment!.
Gen. Billy Mitchell's crusade for
air power is the classical example
of this type of thing.
This year's fnterservice rivalries
have developed not merely over
money, but involve basic approach
es to military problems.
They are matters on which the sition.
public does not and cannot have But if the services keep bick-
In an operational way, this hap
pens to a large extent when there
is a war. Then top planners dis
pose of units of the various forces
as they see fit. As a management
proposition, It was considered un
wieldy iu times of preparation.
I It la also a difficult political prop
the information needed to form
sound opinions. Appeals to the
public can only produce feelings,
and feelings do not provide e prop
er basis for decisions on cock
matters. .
There Is a question whether
ering the public is going to gel
the idea that, if aomebodv is right,
somebody is also Wrong in a field
where the public demands that
everybody be right Inat could
fTw av v i
em p.m t-. a. I
BII.I S EVE FOREIGN AID
WASHINGTON f - Identical
bills providing for the creation of
a joint congressional committee
And while it's customary to Maine the parent for the wgn M pro(fram have n in
More than 50.000 fires caused by
man's carelessness every year
are ravaging millions of acres.
Earlier this month a large fire
swept over a two thousand feet
timber clad mountain north of
Vancouver. B O A million board
feet of felled timber and an un
estimated amount of mature fir
and hemlock was destroyed
This summer we will he again
reading in the news about one
hundred men fighting fires here.
five hundred men fighting fires
there. Yes, in this atomic age of
space ships and guided missiles
men still fight forest fires by the
horse and buggy method of yes
terdays. Instead of talking so
much about our space ships land
ing on the moon, where we may
not he welcome, one would think
that some of our men of brains
would try to develop a more prac
tical method of fire control
Why can't a large capsule filled
with chemicals under pressure, be
developed and dropped from
planes flying in relays put the
fire out immediately' Why can't
we develop better methods of fire
control?
Remember that it takes from
seventy-five to a hundred years
to grow a tree of timber size but
only a few minutes to burn it
down. After more than twenty
years since the Tillamook area
fire that area still has a terrible
look of desolation, and so has our
Detroit area burn
Oregon is one of the most
beautiful places in the whole
world so let us keep it so. Let u
be more careful with our matches
and our fires, also we should put
oiir trash and our empty bottles
in their , proper places and not
scatter tnem aU over the country
side. Let us all try to keep Oregon
not only green but also clean. Our
future generations are entitled to
something too. Arc you listening''
Yours for better camping,
George Strozut.
4fi40 Portland Road.
ITP ri i i MOTCBBl' T!1,?.?!c.s
(Can tinned from Page aae.)
, acre. In the early years of tree
growth considerable stock is lost
from deer browsing.
Of interest are the comparative
figures on prices realized on
C C sales. In 1939 the timber
was sold at an average price of
$1.96 per MBF. The latest sales
Show an average price of $38 62.
This reflects not only the sharp
increase in price of stumpage but
also the demand for O 4 C timber
because of the cutting of timber
on privately Owned lands which
were more readily accessible.
With substantial sums available
for road construction the p it C
administration is building roads
irto its timber holdings. The big
gest project of the kind is the
Smith River road system back of
Gardiner and Reedsport in the
I'mpqua drainage. A contract has
just been let for surfacing this
road system and over it will come
millions of board feet of timber.
It is designed and built for per
manence both for harvesting and
for future timber management.
(No decision has been announced
by the director of the Bureau of
Land Management on whether the
marketing area restrictions in this
district will be lifted on salvage
sales. This is urged by mills in
the Eugene area and strongly op
posed by mills in the coastal area
from Gardiner to Coos Bay.)
Staff members reported that a
start is being made on an inven
tory of the hardwood species or
rather the deciduous trees in the
O k C holdings. Previously atten
tion was concentrated on conifers
fir, hemlock, pine, cedar. There
is an indication of growing inter
est in other species such as alder
and maple, so the bureau wants
to find out what its holdings of I
these may be. j
When Congress passed in 1954
the law settling the question of;
the O k C controverted lands
(which left them in forest service!
hands but with reoeints distributed
under the O 4 C formula ) it also
authorized a land exchange be
tween the forest service and the
Bureau of Land Management
where their lands were inter
mingled. This job has virtually
been completed and each agency
will benefit through the blocking
process. It affects however only a
relatively small area.
As I heard reports at this ad
visory board meeting the impres
sion grew on me that for the first
time the bureau is gelling on top
of its O k C management prob
lem. The problem has been one
o' great magnitude over two
million acres scattered in check
erboard pattern across the state,
with mounting pressure for sales
of timber, with the handicap of
inadequate appropriations and
staff it has been an uphill task
for the Bureau of Land Manage
ment to make much headway oa
overall, long term management.
Access roads and reciprocal right-of-way
regulations and agree
ments have absorbed countless
hours of time and much of the
energy of the staff. But progress
has been made, and these lands
are now rich in promise for the
indefinite future.
Altogether too much attention
has been given to these lands as
a source of revenue for the coun
ties fortunate enough to have in
their borders substantial areas of
O k C lands. The .tost important
value from these assets is the raw
material they furnish, which after
processing meets a wide variety
of human needs, and in the pro
cessing sustains the economic life
of the state. That is why it is
important to develop long-term
management policies and apply
them as rapidly as -possible, keep
ing them flexible, however, to al
low for changes in the light of
experience.
Better Knglish
By P. C. WILLIAMS
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "He might of done like
I did in this case."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "nicety"?
1. Which one of these words
is misspelled? BenificiaL benign
ancy, belligerent, bellicose.
ANSWERS
1. Say. "He might HAVE done
AS I did in this case." 2. Pro
nounce nie-see-ti, three syllables,
and not nice-ti. 3. Beneficial.
FROM STATXSIfAN ITLX1
10 Yean Ago
May 22, IMS
Felicitations go to Mr. and sirs.
Arnold C. Ebert (Margaret Haus
erl on the birth of a daughter,
Julia Ann. Grandparents of the
baby are Mr. and Mrs. Paul H.
Hauser Sr., Salem, and Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold C. Ebert Sr., of Echo.
25 Yean Ago
May 11, 1131
Five thousand persona, includ
ing delegations from British
Columbia, Washington. California
and many points in Oregon, gath
ered at Grants Pass for dedica
tion of the $125,000 Rogue River
bridge. Maj. Gen. Smedley D.
Butler, United ftates Marine
Corps, was guest of honor.
40 Yearn Ago
May 21, ltll
A Salem chapter of Sons of the
American Revolution, the second
chapter in Oregon, was organised
at a meeting in the Commercial
Club with fifteen members sign
ing application for a charter. Win
throp Hammond was elected president.
RICE GIVEN AWAY
NEW DELHI i - India has
made a gift of 5.000 tons of rice
to relieve distress in East Pakis
tan, the foreign ministry announced.
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