4-(Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., June 17, '56
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It Belongs Here
WbO acttvatet television VHP Channel 3,
allotted to Salep by th Federal Communica
Uom Commission several years ago, seems of
no major importance in the current Jockey
Inf. But the jockeying should not muddy the
.waters to the point where the major issues
' become lost
The issues are (1) whether anyone has the
right ,to sell for profit and move many miles
away a channel which the FCC has allocated
to a specific community, and (2) whether any
Individual or firm has the right to keep such
I channel indefinitely without activating it.
Both of these points are outside the actual
regulation being assailed which is whether
owners of KPTV of Portland, who already
have five or six other VHF stations, can ac
quire more in violation of existing rules. The
latter issue is up to the FCC to decide. The
more major issues would seem to be up to the
court. -
We are not concerned whether KSLM, its
" present holder, or anyone else activates Chan
nel 3 in Salem now. We are concerned with
the channel perhaps being lost to Salem when
tt could better be held in abeyance until and
unless someone will place it in operation.
Portland was allocated several VHF (the
more desirable!' channels, Salem only one
channel 3. It is no fault of Salem that ftPTV
has the lessKlesirable UHF channel 27. If It
wants a better one. let it get it from among
the ones granted Portland.' If the present
holder of Channel 3 doesn't want to activate
it, let him drop H for the time being or dis
pose of it otherwise in this area.
Another Hush-Huah Failure
Hush hushing again has brought . the mil.
ltary an adverse reaction, this time in re
gard to the H-Bomb which, went off several
miles short of its target Now the word is out
and the secretary for air has announced:
The error was in the manipulation of the
bombing equipment," . . . It had "no serious
affect on the experiment."
Trying to put the cover-up on things like
that has been tried often, and to vary little
avail. It serves no purpose other than to mag
nify its Importance. But it probably will be
triad again. The attitude that such things
are none of the public's business. In peace
time, la mighty petty stuff when it is consid
ered who pays for them. Imperfections are
understandable hiding them lsnl
Curious scribe. wants to know what state
Hells Canyon Dam would be in if there were
inch a dam. State of confusion, we'd say. Ore
gon and Idaho would have an equal claim,
Washington lsnl far, and maps would vary be
tween all three.
Without the H-Bomb
It's all very well, and perhaps of some val
ue, to present a hypothetical problem involve
ing a city under A-Bomb attack, but the sud
den New York subway strike offered a stark
example of what could happen to the city
even without being under direct attack.
Complete disruption of communication and
transportation; families separated in homes,
offices and schools; newspapers and radios
too hampered by phone and traffic jams even
to get the news for publication and broadcast;
hundreds of thousands of people jamming
into pitifully-few taxicabs which couldn't go
anywhere anyway; wharfs paralyzed for want
of telephonic sailing, loading and docking in
structions; fire trucks and police cars com
pletely unable to move.
The AP's J. M. Roberts summed it up with
this paragraph: 4,It remained obvious that
New York Is a delicately balanced city, whose
services to the nation could be curtailed or
Completely cut off In s war emergency be
fore a shot was fired." And it is certainly
not confined to New York, either.
An A-Bomb or an H-Bomb would kill, maim
and destroy, compounding the terror many
times over. But just 400 motormen alone
(and that is all who were originally involved)
left the nerve-center of this nation, for all
practical purposes, as dead as its telephone
lines which within minutes were jammed into
uselessness.
A Real Tragedy
The tragedy, which cost the life of little
Judy Cates of Salem was of the type which
every parent fears from the first day that the
urge to ride a horse brings a new hazard to
family life. And yet thi urge is deep and
paramount, and sad it is indeed when circum
stances forbid such pleasure.
There are dangers inherent, of course, just
as there are In many kinds of sports. Yet we
cannot keep our Judys cloistered in the stands
while life passes by. None of which makes the
grief less poignant, but for whatever solace it
can be the loved ones left behind can know
that they were providing Judy with a really
wonderful time.
Larry Bassinger, Oregon State student, is a
fortunate youth. He found the way back to
his csr after being lost in the woods nearly
four days. If there's any special secret as to
how he did it, he could write a best-seller. Too
many have tried it in vain.
. Reports from Eugene indicate citizens of
that city are pleased with the new parking
fine receptacles which save them going to the
police station. Set-up seems something like a
broken slot machine though. You win just by
not losing more.
Anyway, Father will have two weeks before
the bills come in for that Father's Day gift.
And he wouldn't want to miss it even so.
Wsr on porcupines should be stepped up
In Jackson county. Rated as man's enemy
because they destroy seedling trees porkies
now draw a bounty of $1 per nose from the
county or from two lumber companies.
Editorial Comment
SECRECY DEPRIVES AS WELL AS 8ttlELDS
Stripped of its rhetorical embroidery,- Jonathan.
Daniels' cry against secrecy In handling, juvenile
offenders has relevance.
In address before the Maryland State Confer
ence of Social Welfare, the Raleigh editor offered
' m perfect solution. Nor can we. But a custom ob
served in our society for some SO years deserves
re-examinatlon In the light of TOO years of safe
guards concerning the administration of justice
elsewhere.
Secrecy in the handling of juvenile crime does
indeed shield the wayward youth from the retribu
tion of society. But this is based on the supposition
that man, beast-like, derives some morbid plea
sure from the misfortunes of the very young. It
is the assumption that it is natural for some fright
ful adult vengeance to be exacted on the wrong
doer. This pessimistic view is neither fair nor accur
ate. Most citizens respond generously to juvenile
misfortune. They appreciate the problems of
youth and the difficulties of rehabilitation.
When we shield youthful wrongdoers from pub
lic notice of their offense we also shield them
from public interest, understanding, compassion
and support. (Charlotte, N.C., News).
Harriman-De Sapio Daydreams Feature
Deadlock-Ending Intervention by Truman
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By STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON - When New
York's Gov. W. Averell Harriman
and his shrewd manager, Tam
many Hall duel
Carmine DeSapio
daydream about
the future, they
undoubtedly visu
alize some such
scent as this:
The third or
fourth ballot is
being taken In the
S w t a t y Chicago
j,,. . - convention mil.
IfwwanAiaaj As the balloting
progresses, it becomes clear that
Adlai E. Stevenson has shot his
bolt. A bruising pre convention
fight on the civil rights Issue has
hurt Stevenson badly, both with
Northern liberals and with the
Southerners. In a desperate effort
to put him over the top. every
last Stevenson vote has been ca
joled into line. But the total is
Short of the 687 votes needed to
Win.
- At this point the convention
realizes that it must choose be
tween Harriman and Missouri's
Sen. Stuart Symington. Northern
Stevenson delegates begin break
ing to Harriman, while Sou then
ars, conservatives, and border
state men shift to Symington. A
deadlock threatens.
Then there is dramatis later
TMtloa. SymingtM'a ffllew Ml.
aurtaa, former PreaMeat Harry
ft. Trnmaa, cheating hi wards
Bad his platform carefully, cease
Ml hard a ad straag fee Harriaaaa.
Bo keattwa aa Harrimaa the ac
ealade ai the trie laherttor af
lb New Deal aid the Fair Deal,
Um aalr available eaadldale who
caa b depeaded to defeat
tober aad tk mlaaritles.
Among the Northerners and lib
feral groups, who control the ma
Jortty of the delegates, Truman's
' accolade starts a bandwagon
movement to Harriman. After
this, the dream becomes a little
dim, Perhaps Symington will ac
cept second placeif so, ha will
almost certainly be offered it.
Perhaps the Southerners will walk
out if so, they will deliver the
huge Negro vote in the key in
dustrial states to Harriman.
Ai aay rata, Harrlmaa It tii
anahaatljr aamlBated, aad after
a bard hUUag. straagly Fair
Deal campaign, triumphantly ea
ters the White Haute. The dream
at, af eaurie, aaly a dream. la
all probability the reality wlU be
far dttfereai. Rut tat dream la
at least latereattag, aecaute H
tejls a let abaul ta shrewd aad
rarrfulty calculated Harrlmaa
strategy.
The Harriman strategy rests
squarely on two bases. Base one
is Harriman's all-out advocacy of
civil rights. Harriman's stand on
the issue ts strongly endorsed by
the intellectual liberal groups
which still influence Democratic
conventions. Especially in view of
the Eisenhower administration's
record on the issue, the Negro
and minority vote in the big
states has never been more cru
cial, as the big state professionals
are wholly aware. And the big
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Moreover, a battle over the
civil rights plank In the platform
could well have twa effertt. It
could farre Steveasoa lata a potl
Uaa where be could hardly avoid
alienation either the Narthera
liberal-labor bloc ar his Southera
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date af the Southerners and cea
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control a majority af the volet.
The second base of the Harri
man strategy is, of course, Tru
man. Truman is far too shrewd
to commit himself before he has
to, and he will certainly not at
tempt to stop Stevenson's bid for
the nomination. But if the Ste
venson bid fails, the Harriman
strategists hope and believe that
Truman will give the Harriman
candidacy just the added lift it
will then require.
As the Harrlmaa strategists
frankly admit, (his two pronged
strategy hat Its weaknesses, tor
aae thing, Sleveanoa It very lar
aut ahead. Aad hit civil rights
program ta being fathloaed by
Sen. Hubert Humphrey af Mlaae
aota, Sew. Herbert Lehman af
New York aad Mrs. FraakUa D.
Reosrvrll. The remit may Bat
please the Sautheraert, bat It wUI
be hard la aeraaade the Nartbern
liberal! that this trie Is dedicated
ta racial reaction.
Moreover, although Truman has
been exceedingly friendly towards
the Harriman candidacy, he has
made no firm commitments. It
remains to be seen whether the
ex-President will go all out for
Harriman, if it becomes clear that
a Harriman nomination would
split the party in two.
Yet the Harrlmaa eaadldary
has aae very great strength the
simple fact that Harrlmaa really
does believe be eauld defeat Pres
ident Elseabawer. Such confi
dence, eeapled with bald and
stubborn detenalaatlaa which Is
a hallmark af Harrlmaa's charac
ter, hi aa aaaraiaa aaaet ha thai
elecilaa year.
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Breathes there a man with nose so dead who, at this time
of year, has never taken a deep breath and said ACHOOOO?
This is the hay fever season when the blasts of the sneezer
are heard In the land. Red-nosed men, wom
en and children can be seen staggering
around watery-eyed and wheezing, bravely
choking back bronchial explosion and sinus
spasms. Their badge is a soggy handker
chief and their coat-of-arms, crossed nose
droppers . . .
0 a
Cltiseni with healthy sinuses and nou
.'. allergic leanings tend to turn up their noses
at their wet-nosed brethren. But any rag
weed refugee, worth his weight In adrenal
in, will gladly lower his hanky loag enough to tell you that
the sneealag season is something to blow about. For some
of the girl hay fever addicts June, which is supposed to be
the saaatb for matches, turns out to be the month for scratch
es. Aad younger addicts even have their awn theme song,
"Shake, Kattle and Blow." .. .
Anyone who has ever been blinded by a robust sneezer
knows that sneezes and sneezers come in different types and
degrees. The timid ones usually mope around in corners with
hankies over their faces and moodily give off periodic jerks
and gasps. On the other hand we have the nasal extrovert
who, when he feels a blow coming on, stands up. throws up
his elbows, snaps back his head, opens his mouth and lets
himself go completely. This type can be heard for blocks,
usually wakes up the baby and scares the dog. If he has wob
bly plates, he's a menace to anyone within 10 feet . . .
a a
Most women pollen pinchers usually sneeie politely and
damply behind small hankies. They often give the impression
of winding up for a real pitch but usually only give out with
a small, soft, gurgling "ssggffftt." They usually say something
like, "I thig I gedding the snibbles." Perhaps you've noticed
that some male hay fever sufferers have bulging eyes and are
prematurely bald. These are the ones who twitch and gasp
themselves Into a good sneeie and then Just at the height of
the etploaion they clamp their jaws tight, hold their noses
and buttle the whole thing Inside their heads. This aftea leads
to balloon noses, and enlarged ear apeulags, too . .
o a a
Many are the methods sdvanced for combating hay fever.
Some, like the one urging Congress to outlaw pollen, are im
practical. Another suggestion to stop the manufacture and
sale of all handkerchiefs on the grounds it would put s psy
chological damper on the sneezers has been vigorously at
tacked, mostly by non-sneezers. Another method to erad
icate ragweed is too simple snd not expensive enough for
any public body to touch it. That leaves one course open.
Whenever you see someone's eyes begin to water and his
nose start to twitch, hand him a hankie and stand back! . . .
STATION REMODELED
NEW YORK ' - Penn Station
is undergoing its first major in
ternal change since it opened in
lfllfl The railroad is installing new
ticket windows and a reservation
system which, it says, will result
in little or no waiting (or tickets
nrrcrarrnsTirorfiTB
(Continued front page ane)
unemployment compensation.
Before negotiations began, sev
eral of the steel companies
were urging substantial price
increases, declaring they were
necessary to enable the com
panies to expand production
Snd meet anticipated demand a
few years hence. Labor's de
mand was accompanied by the
declaration that steel companies
re making big profits now and
are well able to afford a good
sued wage increase.
In all this the public which
is the third party at interest,
perforce, stands to one side It
will not welcome price in
creases because they are met
by those making use of steel
products, from big machines
down lo needles an pins. There
is. however, an angle of per
haps greater significance and
that is the effect of big increases
on the whole economy. They
might unloose again the wild
horses of inflation. Or they
might prove the "straw that
broke the camel's back," caus
ing demand to dry up. (Surely
the high price tag on automo
biles must be one factor in put
ting a retard on purchase of
new cars). Either eventuality
would be bad for the country.
So able an authority as Dr.
Burns, the economist who ad
vises President Eisenhower, has
pointed out that the economy is
on a sort of ridge and might go
in either direction, spiralling
upward with inflation, or skid
ding downward in deflation.
As far as steel is concerned,
the companies have been mak
ing big profits in recent years,
and have been able to finance
a great deal of expansion. Steel
workers too have benefitted
greatly with higher wages and
other benefits. Neither group
would suffer greatly if they re
newed contracts and price lists
at existing levels.
Steel wages and prices are
most influential in determining
the wage-business trend. Steel
is the primary material used in
this machine age Added costs
of steel are built into the whole
price structure of mnchinery
Sleel serves as a bellweather of
industrial wanes So wane price
increases in steel lend to pyra
mid throughout industry.
The question then is. how
much higher can we push the
wage-price structure in steel
without doing grave damage to
the whole economy. We have
no way of arriving at a precise
answer lo this question. What
we do know is that, that when
we overextend ourselves a toll
is exacted just as now auto
makers are being penali7ed for
their mad competitive rac a
year ago. W may have a better
understanding of the controls
which help avert inflation and
deflation; hut there remains no
substitute for a conservative at
titude when the economy cets
poised on a high plateau as it is
at present.
RED SQI ADRON TO VISIT
MOSCOW Newspapers re-.
port a Soviet naval squadron will
visit Shanghai next week. It in-1
eludes the cruiser Dmitri Pornar
ski and two destroyers. They are
presumably from Vladivostok and,
and will he first publicly an
nounced naval mission to Shang
hai since the Reds came to power 1
in 1949. 1
Who is this
Salem
friend of yours?
This is E. Burr Miller, one of
our local heating oil dealers in
Salem. Perhaps you belong to
the same club, organization or
church as Burr.
Burr has lived here in Sa
lem for 15 years. He is an in
dependent businessman who
has built his business by hard
work, quality products, fair
pri?es and good service plus
an active interest in Salem's
civ ic needs A past President
of the Chamber of Commerce,
I'mtcil Fund. Downtown Sa
iei.i Lions Club, and First Ci
licn for 1955, Burr has been
jne of Salem's most energetic
civic workers.
When you buy heating oil
from Burr you get the very
finest in economical heating
comfort . . . clean, safe, de
pendableoil heat and you are
supporting a small business
man, the backbone of our
economy here in Salem. There
jre twentv firms selling heat
ing oil here in Salem, all of
them independent business
men. This is the American
way of creating healthy com
petition, free from giant mo
nopoly control of your fuel
supply. With modern oil heat
vou can buy from any com
pany you choose. You'll like
doin business with E. Burr
Miller of the E. Burr Miller
Oil Co . 2680 Portland Rd. . . .
phone 3-3186.
Next time you see Burr, tcH
him you saw his picture in'the
paoer.
Buy i our Heating
Oil Only Fran the
Mlealer Who Dis
'nluvs This Seal of
'Quality
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10 Yean Ago
June 17, IMS
West Salem voters approved the
1946-47 city budget providing a
levy of $21,385. which is in excess
of the six per cent limitation, by
a vote of 48 to 3.
25 Years Ago
June 17, 1911
Dr. Carl Hollingsworth of Port
land was named president of the
Willamette University Alumni As
sociation at the annual meeting
of the association held in Waller
hall, Willamette I'niversity He
succeeds Robert C. Notson of
Portland.
40 Years Ago
Jua 17, 1SK
An ordinance was passed at the
meeting of the city council doub
ling the amount of the license
fee that is now paid by operators
' af theaters in Salem. The reason
given that the same license has
been prevailing since the admis
sion charge to the theaters ad
vanced from 5 cents up to from
15 to 25 cents.
Expensive
Water Used
By Senators
By A. ROBERT SMITH
- Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON As Repub
lican and Democratic senators
debate whether President Eisen
howers' illness will change the
presidential campaign outlook
this year, senators of both par
ties are taking stern precautions
f8 "aPTJaj to see that
aw tl their own
health is good
enough for the
hard cam
paigns this
fall.
V i r tu al
ly to a man
the senators
are guzzling
gallons of min
eral water
at guess-whose-e'xpense? for
reasons that cover the range of
idiocyncraries in this august de
liberating body.
Many senators claim they
just like the taste of it. Others
doubtless are assured by the
labels on the big jugs that claim
curative powers for the bottled
water which is available to all
of them free of charge.
Whatever their reasons, the
senators keep the secretary of
the Senate busy writing orders
to local suppliers who haul it
into the Capitol by the caseload.
And. according lo his annual re
port, the secretary paid mineral
water bills this past year which
added up to $5419 18 worth of
thirst quenching.
When a senator is relaxing
after a long speech, he ran re
tire to the cloakrooms which
Is about the only spot on Capitol
Hill that is eff-limits to gum
shoeing newsmen, buttonholing
lobbyists and visiting constitu
ents who Just want ta shake
hands. And there the tired law
makers caa order up their fa
vorite drink f water. Hard
liquor is strictly taboo.
Their tastes run to such
brands as Poland water. Kalak
water, White Rock water, Can
ids Dry. water Capon Springs
water. Mineral Springs water.
But the big favorite is Moun
tain Valley spring water.
The irony of the fact that as
much Mountain Valley water
goes down the throats of the
solons as all other brands is
found in the fact that not long
ago the Food and Drug Admin
istration went to court with a
charge that Mountain Valley's
claims for its witer were "false
and misleading."
FDA was referring to the
labels on the bottles which sug
gest that by downing eight glass
es of Mountain Valley spring
water every day one is getting
an effective treatment for kid
ney disorders, arthritis, rheuma
tism, nervousness and many oth-
er ailments.
If the Senate took judicial
notice of this complaint by one
of Ihe federal agencies It had
established to protect the great
American consumer, It didn't
show up in the cloakroom,
where the senators donl' vary
from their tute for Mountain
Valley.
Long Locks, Words
Mark Polk Pioneer
A man adept at spinning tales
of early Oregon as long as his
flowing hair, hat left his imprint
deep in Polk County history.
Benjamin Hayden's legacy of
place names in Ihe mid-valley
are probably best known to
hunters and fishermen who fre
quent the lowland area south of
Kola in quest of ducks, trout
and bass.
Hayden. a picturesque pioneer
of Oregon, achieved fame back
before the turn of the century as
a rustic raconteur whose pres
ence turned the courtroom, cap
itol halls and country store into
a stage.
Hayden's name dominates the
rural reaches of the Willamette
River upstearm from Eola. It
there on Hayden Island and Hay
den Slough in a whole area of
rich hop and bean growing bot
tom land, and Hayden Lake, a
horseshoe lake that was once a
meandering bend in the Willam
ette River itself in the dayt
before Old Ben Hayden stalked
the land with his hair and cloak
flowing out behind. T.W.
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