, 4-( Sfc I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Tues., June 26, '56 GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichly V - 'X r fto Facor Swoyt V$. So Ftcr Shall Awt IT Ftrti iUUttu m, Mart U. IUI Statesman Publishing Compao y CHARLES A. St'RAUUE. Editor 6c Publisher ' utli wi irommi Bualneej ertlre 10 p NortH Ourm It totem. Ort. ftlephom 4-WII More 11 Um getoffi it UIm. Or m aecofie eloal niter iinler act of Cogreo torch 1. II7 , ; - Mtasbtr Asooclated Prett TM Aaorte.lea Prv l n tit lea oacUMivelw la the w . (or republication of all kl newt prilled l ' thit mmw Politics and the Governors' Conference The Governors' conference is in session at Aflwitic City, presided over this year by Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington. This con ference is an old fishing ground for politic ians and for political reporters, because gov ernor art closest to political trends and usu ally have an eye on the next rung of the polit ical ladder. Four years ago the Eisenhower forces under the skilled maneuvering of Gov ernor Dewey and Herbert Brownell framed a declaration for convention purity in the seat ing of delegates. This was aimed at the cru cial pro-Taft Texas delegation. Signed by many Republican governor, it drove a nail in the casket of the Ohio senator's ambition for. the presidential nomination. ; ThU time Governor Harriman of New York admit! he i (touting the convention city on I hunt for support from Democratic govern or. He even hopes to woo some of the south ern governor, and hit line on divisive ques tion ha suddenly , become somewhat mod erate. We got a laugh, however, out of the signals raised by Gov. "Happy" Chandler of Kentucky. Chandler oppose Stevenson, which is eulte understandable, both ways. He told reporters at Atlantic City that he is willing to ?talk the facts of life" with Harriman, and 1 quoted as saying that he "wouldn't say I would reject uio uer ui mo rice jjieaiucii- tial nomination. Quite a sacrifice for Chand ler, and what a tower of strength he would be for the Republican ticket He would take the curse off of Nixon, with exceptions. The governor will deliberate for a few das on affair of government, but the closest checking will be on what' cooking in politics for;lfl56. Soil Bank Program Geta Rolling J. S. Russell, farm editor of the Des Moines Register, reporting from Marehalltown, Iowa, says that a great deal of interest is being shown in the soil bank program through that section, including compliance in 1956. Under the procedure, meetings are set up in each county (Iowa has 99 of themA Next step will be to set the county average corn yield which is made the basis for soil bank payments on land taken out of production. Then the indi vidual farm yield factors will be determined. Russell reported officials administering the program estimate that a third of the farm ers in the 12-?ounty area had cut their plant ed corn acreage 15 per cent. They will be en titled to government payments at a rate which may range around $44 per acre. Southern Iowa has been seared by drouth. There the compliance rate ought to be higher. Farmers also have been promised some relief from drouth relief funds. Few reports have come in from the wheat belt. Wheat crops are probably too far ad vanced to get much cooperation for 1956 ex cept where crop prospects are poor. It is ev ident though, that the program is rolling, and indications are that a great many farmers w.U set aside more acres from their allotments and accept a government check for their com pliance with the crop reduction program. Bicycle Thief Sentenced to Term in Jail Fast work between an observant ciliirn and suspicious deputy sheriff resulted Manday in 'a 90 day jail sentence for a Salem bi cycle thief. Melvin Lamar Stokes. .IS. 5233 Nrvberg Dr.. received the jail sentence after pleading guilt? be fore District Judge Edward 0. Stadter. Stokes was arrested early Mon day morning by Deputy James Painter shortly after W. R. Brun kel. S12 Marion Dr.. telephoned that a black car had been prowl in; his Manbrin Gardens neighbor hood for several minutes. Stokes, who was found driving from the neighborhood, was stop peri on a charge that his license ignt was not functioning Ques tioned about a bicycle in the car, S,okes explained that it was his son s which had been picked up earlier from a repair shop. But the deputy decided to check the story and within a few hour had not only proved it false, but found the owner of the bike. Rob ert F. Graves. 62J Marion Drive. Church Meet Starts Tonight At Tabernacle Stralghtcr Thinking, If Any There Is one person we know of who abso lutely refuses to interest herself in surviving an , ABomb "I don't even want to be around," and another who has things down to the proverbial gnat's eyebrow as to just Vm'A J. If k.mk 111 it, .totnliniio YVUab IIV U UU M HU1IIW lit VII lUC BIHICIIUU.TC. For both, It appear the forest is hiding the tree, or vice versa. Not that we care to dwell long OH so morbid a possibility, by any means. But a a suggestion toward realism first, if we're going to be "around" at all, we need to tnow what to do and when, and, second, if months of preparation In the non-hostile area of the Pacific still placed that last H-bomb four miles front ground xero, the idea of any such weapon pin-pointing Itself on whatever iiremt la hnaen it a hlr far.fefrhtxt " We suggest l little correction in any con certed thinking on such a subject, and then perhaps a little leu of it, at least for now. Anyone perturbed because the weather of recent months was not conducive to rose growing must have had his fears well dis pelled at the week-end show staged by the Salem Rose Society. There were choice blooms in profusion from the more than three-score individual exhibitors, and what ever caper our annate Kicxea up, assuredly was not reflected in the excellence of the displays. The annual Rose Show has become a major event in Salem, and the thousands who viewed the 1956 version, know why. It is, indeed, surpassing. Role of the Prince Connor! "Uneasy rests the head that wearsu crown" is an adage which carries the ring of truth as well as age. Being king or queen is a hard existence in many ways, whether the monarch be all-powerful or whether merely a cere monial figure. But think of the life of the consort of a Queen where she is the real head of the state. He must squire her around, in sight but in shadow of the royal presence. Just now two consorts to royalty are evident ly objecting to the role which they assumed when they married women who were heirs to the throne. The clash between Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard has been widely pub licized, much to the distress of the House of Orange and the government of Holland. Then came news that the Duke of Edinburgh, in protest against Queen Elizabeth's command that he accompany her to the races at Ascot, is said to have kicked his grey topper over the castle, acting much like a juvenile. He went, but wore a black toppert) quite a breach in the rule of fashion for the races. Prince Bernhard and the Queen and two of their children appeared at a public func tion Sunday. One report said the Prince was glum; another that he seemed to enjoy the show, a sports festival.. Their differences are more serious than are reported for Elizabeth and the Duke. The trouble stems from Juli ana's close association with a woman faith healer, but the German magazine. "Der Spie gel," which first spread in print the story of their troubles, now adds that Bernhard is un happy because his mother, a princess of one of the minor German houses, seems to get a cold shoulder at court. He may, says the Hamburg newspaper, move out of the royal palace to his mother's home. (This sounds like court gossip which has always been vexing to crowned heads). The Dutch have their eyes glued on Friday, June 29th. That is the Prince's birthday, which always is recognized by the court with a big garden party. If it is held on schedule and all are there who ought to be there, and the mood is relaxed and gay, then Holland ers will accept the disclaimers of the prime minister over the stories published about the royal couple. Nonetheless the lot of the male consort to a queen is not a happy one. Think of Prince Albert and strict Queen Victoria. "It's in color. Senator, so remember to purple with anz'.i at yojir opponents' charges, turn white at the dancers facing the nation and conclude in a rosy glow of health!" LRTSMEEbJ Benton Kins Slier 1 1 nil is sit luirnu Newa Service TT'RXER M e m b e r s of the j Christian Church from across Ore-; gon mill gather in Turner's his-1 toric tabernacle tonight, for the first session of the annual Christian ; Missionary Convention which wiT extend through Saturday. The 5-da.v event is scheduled to get underav with a 7:15 p. m . ' organ prelude, followed by a call to order and prayer at 7:30 p. m Principal speaker at the opening night service will be Ting R. Champie. pastor of the Wichita. Kan Christian Church. An estimated 1.000 persons are expected to attend the series of lectures, inspirational talks and business meetings. One of the ma jor pieces of business v ill be a plan for re-distriiting the state to per mit the various Christian Church organizations that work by dis tricts to use the same names and arras. The plan will be presented to delegates as a method for avoid ing confusion that now exists, be cause of individual organizations determining the names and bound aries of districts. Principal events for Wednesday include a 3.45 p. m. ministers' din ner, and talks by William D. Hall, of the I'nited Christian Missionary Society; Martin T. Clark, a district support missionary; and Ting R. Champie. Two Stations Join Police Teletype Net Two more links in the chain po lice teletype centers across Oregon were added today when stations at Astoria and Tillamook went into operation. The two teletype centers will serve six nearby police agencies as well as the cit- and county agen cies of Astoria and Tillamook, to blanket the entire coastal region between the cities. This brings to 28 the number of teletype stations serving 53 law enforcement agencies, each oper ating around the clock seven days a week extending from Portland to Medford and from the coast to The Dalles. The network is tied into the Cal ifornia justice department's tele type network, which covers Cali fornia, as well as Reno and Las Vegas. Nevada, and Yuma, Ariz. In addition there are 3S other states that can be reached by relay through the communications center at Salem. OOX OFFICE O TICKETS NOW ON SALE ENTACU THEATK! Bell, Book and Candle June J24 through Juno SO ST. PAUL RODEO AND DANCI July 1 thru 4 MOtlALA lUCKEROO July 1 thru 4 Willamette Rivar Days July 4 WILLAMFm CONCERT SERIES 1958-37 Season For RetemtloM Dial 4 "34 (Continued from Page One) Lieutenant Governor. He dis cussed the work of citizens' committees in helping to re solve conflicts in state affairs. This writer offered some views on state government at one session. states to meet Hieir problems, especially on highways, it was felt that a guard should be placed lest federal grants re sult in the submergence of states as working, responsible units of government. Sponsors of the Hells Canyon dam in the Senate are said to be considering a scheme to t-"k it on as an amendment to the Frying-Pan-Arkansas river bill, hoping then it would r ' through the Senate. In other words, out of the fire Into the frying pan. One may inquire: What did they decide? Well, the Assem bly doesn't "decide." It seeks for areas of general agreement on specific problems and re ports what seems to be the consensus of -group opinion. Nothing is binding on anyone. What the Assembly did permit was an exchange of ideas, based in large measure on state ex perience. Thus when a question was tossed out individuals pounded on it to express their views and to justify their posi tions. Among questions consid ered were legislative apportion ment, short ballot, division or concentration of executive pow ers, federal aid. and how much of it, revenue systems, etc. The general conclusion was drawn that there is need for im provement in the structure of government, particularly in the direction of granting more power to governors. Strengthen ing of political parties was pointed to as one way to enlist more active participation of cit izens in public affairs. The trend of thinking was toward filling such offices as state audi tor, attorney general, superin tendent of public instruction by appointment, and toward abol ishing the office of lieutenant governor in favor of some other line of succession to the gov ernorship. Washington was cited as the state where a need for reapportionment of the legislature was most evi dent. While federal aid has been quite helpful in enabling Safety It was indeed gratifying to see a company of people from these Northwest states whose interests are quite similar but which after all have had separate poli tical development since territor ial days, meet to deliberate together on matters of common concern. Individuals were not there representing special eco nomic groups or social organiza tions but as citizens; so there was a remarkable freedom of expression of views. The benefit to flow from an Assembly like this lies not just in the state ment of opinions on which they managed to agree, which after all is tentative and undetailed, bit in the stimulus it gives to follow through in the common undertaking of battling for im provements in government. I Benton W. King, former Ilavesville farmer, died Monday in a Salem nursins home at the ace of 8! He had been ill about two months. Born at Homeworth, Ohio, 'Aug' 17, 18f6, King moved to Portland at the ege of 24 and was employed in logging and at ithe old Willamette. Pulp & Paper ! Mill. Oregon City, before settling Jon the farm north of Salem.' He tort Lulu D. Pruitt were married reb. 6, 1894. in Oregon City. He t was a member of the former i Havesville Baptist Church. ! He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Wikoff, and two sons,! Floyd L. and Kenneth W. King, all of Salem; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Whiteleather and Mrs. I Lauretta Stackhnuse, both of Salem. Ohio, and Mrs. Elizabeth I Peterson, Minerva, Ohio; three brothers, James King, Salem, Ohio; Edward King, Alliance, Ohio; and Charles King, Lisbon, Ohio; and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at ('lough Rarrick Funeral Home. Time Flies PROM STATESMAN flXES Valve Free World Faces Middle East Disaster 4 . Unless Trends Changed, Scribe Warns (1 . i By Joseph Altoo .' WASHINGTON This report er has Just returned from a long Journey of Inquiry in the troubled Middle East The pic ture there is om-; inous very Bearly as omin-. ' eus as the Far Eastern picture in me yean just after the Second i World War. Un- lesi present I bow -Omened, ifryj?. the free world must eventually expect a Middle Eastern disaster on the approximate scale of the disastrous loss of China to the Communists. If" may seem paradoxical, therefore, that this same Middle Eastern Journey has firmly con vinced this reporter that the central problem of American foreign policy Is not in the Mid dle East at all, but in Britain. Th Second partner in the "'Western Alliance, the stout hearted ally that fought so long ' alone, the brother nation which riginsited so many of our own institutions that is the com moH picture of Britain. It Is an 'accurate picture, but it has led ' to I pernicious tendency, not least fa the State Department. to take Britain for granted. If .the Middle Eastern problem has any meaning at all, it very "elearly means that Britain can Bot prudently be taken for Ranted any longer. ' BriUta ci a sot be taken for hmiiii (he real found ation tt the British structure re still colonial and Imperial; and tfaooe foundations are bow 's grave danger. Next to the emergence of the new Soviet empire, the liquidation of the 14 Wetter European empires has bee the chief dream of ,th Vd-W decade. And this irtmn . is becoming a liespcrately serious matter for Brltala, the preeminent Imper ial power. The principal danger to Brit ain is not the less of essential strategic bases overseas, such as Cyprus, Aden, Ceylon and Singapore. The danger in all these bases is very great in deed. But the principal danger, the really fatal danger, is the loss of the raw material sources In the Middle East and Malaya and elsewhere, which Britain's overseas bases are designed to protect. Britain pays high wages. BrtCiltt suffers front relatively low labor productivity. Britain lives by exports. Therefore the mere arcesi to essential raw materials, the mere ability to buy oil and rubber and tin, for instance, on the open market, will not preserve Britain as a going concern. Britain actually has to own and make a profit from her overseas raw material sources. That is what now makes the difference between British economic survival and irremediable British bankruptcy. Malayan rubber and tin are not only important to Britain because Britain consumes tin and rubber. They are mainly important because Malayan tin and rubber contribute about 18 per cent of the entire hard currency earnings of the Ster ling area. The oil enterprises in the Middle East are not only vital to Britain because Britain desperately needs oil. They are mainly vital because the profit from British ownership of the Middle Eastern oil enterprises in effect pays for all the oil Britain consumes. That Is the true measure of British vulnerability. That Js why Britain is the real objective of the flank attack which the Kremlin is bow stimulating, and la large part directing, In all the ei-aod semi-colonial coun tries on this, side of the iron curtain and especially la the , Middle East And that also helps to explain why Britain's reactions to this flank attack, as in C yprus, have lately seemed unwise to many Amer icans. The British policy-makers un derstand the danger of British bankruptcy, which means the end of Britains' career as a niaior power As Sir Anthony Kden has said, they are con vinced that the loss of Cyprus will be only the preliminary to the loss of the Middle Eastern ml sources. So the British have reacted violently, too violently in this reporter's opinion But so Should we react vrry -rm-lently, if we felt hostile hands groping for our jugular. In these circumstances. It Is ma?ing and pretty terrifying to eome home, and to discover that the State Department's chief parlor game seems to he smuij carping at the British policy in such places as Cyprus and Buraiml. What does it matter if Brit ain's struggles to defend her own jugular have become pretty convulsive, compared to the hard fact that this same Britain also happens to be the jugular of the United States' All of American post-war for eign policy, as begun by Tru man and carried on by Eisen hower, will rapidly crumble Into ruin If Britain ceases to be a major power. Even America's national defense is squarely de pendent upon Britain: By a itrange decision of the Eisen hower administration, the Stra tegic Air Command, our only real weapon of defense, has been kept in absolute depend ence on overseas bases; and the' most Important of those bases are British. In short a good deal leu carping, and a great deal more creative and com radely approach to Britain's present peril would bow teem to be rather urgently Indicated. (Copyright 1M. New York Htrila Tribune Inc.) County Payment for Ads To the Editor: Just a few davs before the rr cent primary election there ap peared in the paper a half pate ad urging the voters lo Mite for county zoning. At the bottom of the ad it stated that it was paid for by the Marion County Tlan mng Commission The county records show that payment of $299 was made to the Journal - Statesman (or politi cal". The clerk says payment was authorized and he maclt- no imestigation as to its legality. I hae searched the law and can Iind nothing that authorizes the county court to spend the taxpayers' money in a campaign to get the taxpayer to vote lor something he does not want. Would you care to give your version of how-come the taxpay ers' money is being spent in this nmnntT. A. E Schirman 301 Masonic Hlrlg. 10 Years Ago June 26, 14 Approximately 300 United Spanish War Veterans and aux iliary members gathered at the Marion hotel for a banquet which shared with the stunt night program which followed at the Elks club. 25 Years Apo June 26, 1931 Appointment of Captain Harry Niles, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Portland police department, as assistant to Charles B. Pray, state police commissioner, was announced". 40 Years Ago June 26, 1916 When the Salem Cherry fair opens the 4th of July. Miss Es tclle Wilson will be crowned (ueen of the fair. The total -vote for Miss Wilson was 327, fi20 votes and for Verna Coodcr the runner 268.700 votes. Legion Post Installation Slated Tonight Joseph Marcroft. Salem, will be installed as commander of Ameri can Legion Post 136 at the organ ization's installation ceremonies in Izaak Walton Hall tonight at 8 p. m . outgoing commander Reg inald Rees reported Monday night In separate ceremonies Mrs Kenneth Taylor will be installed president of Women's Auxiliarv l.lfi Don Eva. State American Legion Vice-Commander. Portland, will be principal speaker. Rose City Post 3.1 from Portland is supplying the ritual team fur post l.sn installations, while Capital I nit 9 Auxiliary members w ill per form the ritual lor the 136 auxil iary officers. Phone Rates Hearing Set Here Julv 17 Hearing on a plan by West Coast Telephone Company to increase its exchange and toll rates will be held in the Public Service Building here July 17. Charles H. Heltzel. state public utilities com missioner, announced Monday. The company had proposed in creases which would return about $300,000 annually from Its opera tions in La Grande, Lakeview, Coos Bay and Beaverton districts. This was offered April 12. but the PUC suspended the increase for a period of six months beyond May 12 pending investigation and hear ing West Coast will present its argu ments at the July 17 hearing here after which Pl'C will call a recess for investigation before a final pub lic hearing. Other towns served by the com pany on 45' exchanges include Pais ley. Ft. Klamath, Chiloquin. Che mult, Elgin, Enterprise, Joseph, HiUsboro, Forest Grove, Gresham, McMinnville. Newberg and a strip of the Oregon coast from south of Florence to the California border. The firm says it needs the increase to complete a proposed program of conversion to dial systems and service extensions. Editor's Note We have no "version" on the matter re ferred to. If there is a question as to legality of the expenditure it should be referred lo the dis trict attorney. ; ; ; .!.; -.;-v - j Heller English BY I). . Wll 1 JAMS Court Rejects Paving Plan A petition lo pave and provide drainage facilities along Sandy Drive in Sandy Acres north of Sa lem was rejected Monday by County Court members. Mr and Mrs 0 o Sullivan .resi- dents of the drive were informed that Sandy Drive lias hot been de veloped to the point where the county can legally make additional improvements. Court members added that the petition also was reacted because it contained the names of only one resident. The frst synthetic dye. a mauve, was produced by William Henry IVrkin in IR.'rfi Steve Kasper, Lahish Onion Grower Dies Steve Knsper. Lahish Center nnmn grower ri'ed Monday in a Silvertnn hospital at the a;e of M. lie had bn-n ill lor some time and hospitalied about a month. Born in Poland. Kasper came to the I S when a young man He resided on Salem Route S at Lah ish Center many years. lie leaves a brother, Tony Kas per, Lahish ( enter. Arrangements are pmding at Rigdon's Mortuary. Marv Go f fin Of Shaw Dies, Funeral Set Mrs. Mary E. Coffin. Shaw resident 27 years, died Monday in a Salem hospital at the age of 76. She had been ill about two weeks Daughter of William anr Ellen Coffey Ilannegan, Mrs. Goffin was born June 29. 1879. at Silver Lake, Wash The family moved when Mrs. Goffin was a small child to St. Paul and later to St. Louis. I She and Edmond Goffin were married Jan 23. 1901. in St. Louis. The.- moved to Shaw from Dallas in 1929. Coffin died at Shaw in 1932. Mrs Goffin was a member of Shaw Catholic Church She leaves two sons, Fred Goffin, Salem ,and Clarenre Gof f.n. Shaw; daughter, Mrs. Zoo Me Cormick, Salem: brother, Albert ilannegan, Portland: and six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Rosary will be said at R p m. Wednesday in Howell Edwards rhapel Requiem mass will he at 9am Thursday in Shaw Catholic Church Burial will be in Bel crest Memorial Park. 1 What is wrong with this sentence? "The idea is practic ally worthless, and we jran't seem to solve our problem " 2 What is the correct pro nunciation of "praline'"' 3 Which one of these words is misspelled'' Indefatigable, navigable, changahle. believ able. 4. What does the word "ten able" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with sa that means' "promoting health"? Answers 1. Say, "The idea is ALMOST worthless, and IT SEEMS we can't solve our problem." 2. Pronounce prahlfen, accent first syllable. 3. Changeable. 4 Capable of being held, main 'tained, or defended." "The offi cer found his position tenable." 9. Salutary. 3v'rcson?)latesman. pnon -asu Subscription Rates Bt rarrirr In clllei: Oailv only l 23 per mo. Daily mi Sunday I 4S prr mo. 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