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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1956)
"4-(Sec I) Statesman, Salem, Ore, Sun., Oct 21, '58 Ho Favor Sweyi Vs. No Fear Shall Awe." From First Statesman, March It, 1851 Statesman Publishing Company CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor k Publisher lubllh4 wvny moralnf. But'nrM offlc IW ; Korta Church S'-, 8a km. On. Ttltphona 4-S811 Enters it tha pottofflc it Salem, Or, u swennd tUas matter mwtef act at Congr Mirra a, 1171. Member Associated Freti Tit Astodited Prw H mtttkC nehidvtly V tha u toe r publication f ail local nawi printed la 'nil pawapapar. Eisenhower in Portland Lingering in our memory of President Eis- j tnhower'l visit to Portland (obsenred through television) is his broad smile, his radiant per tonality, his relaxed enjoyment of the scene and the occasion. We find it a bit hard to . recall what he said. He praised Doug McKay, endorsed the Republican congressional 'can didates "without attempting to tell people how to vote," and he defended the record of his administration. But what we recall is . Ike himself, buoyant, friendly, self-assured. The Oregonian in reporting his visit' com inented wholly on "the remarkable 'aurar which Dwight D. Elsenhower carries with him en his travels about the nation." The dt acription fits. As for the President's speech, it did not seem very meaty. It was a sketchy review in which he indulged in the usual privilege of the Ins" to "point with pride" to achieve- ments of his nearly four years In office. He brushed' aside as absurd opposition charges on "giveaway." About the only promise for the future was that he would ask Congress to spend in four years the sum for aid in ed ucation (schoolhouse construction) he had thought to spread over five years. Otherwise the President laid out no program for the next four years and offered no critique on current vexing problems, domestic and inter national It must be realized that no one can cover much ground in a television address clipped to a scant 30 minutes, but it seems clear that the President's Portland address was not designed for any important state ment of policy. He came, he was seen,1 and obviously he conquered. There is no mistaking the public response to the Eisenhower presence. He in vites confidence, and because the people feel they know him and can trust him, he seems quite certain of reelection. Stock Prices and Timher Values Several years ago Georgia-Pacific Plywood Corporation (the Plywood part of the name has been dropped) purchased the C. D. John son mill at Toledo and its timberlands. To help finance the acquisition, stock was sold at a price of $20 a share in 1951 and $21 in 1952. - In the dip in the lumber business in 1953 the stock dropped to a low of 9V on the New York Stock Exchange. Revival of the market and the attraction of the com pany prospects based on further acquisitions made the stock zoom into the 60s this year when it was split, two-for-one. Now to help finance the purchase of Hammond Lumber Co. a new issue of Georgia-Pacific stock is being sold at a price of $32 a share. Ahead of it, according to the prospectus, will be some $145,000,000 in notes, timber purchase loans of subsidiaries, debentures arid 412,703 shares of preferred stock. What this represents, so we understand, is a revaluation of timber resources, particular ly for lands acquired in recent years. Old companies carried their timber on the books at old stated values. This "inventory" was not revalued at stock-taking times as does a mer chant with his stock of merchandise. The ac counting probably failed also to allow for in crease in inventory through timber growth. Consequently when purchase offers were made giving account to current higher prices and later cruises, they , looked tempting enough to owners to sell. Whether the current values are sound, we do not undertake to say the answer to that lies in the future. We do recall previous tim ber company capitalizations that proved por ous in the 1930s. What is of interest is the relation of timber prices to assessed valua tions. Down in Coos county, there was a stir when Georgia-Pacific bought Coos Bay Lum ber company giving timber values greatly in excess of those indicated by the assessor It isn't safe to tax timber too high for that would merely speed the cutting, but, if other real property is to be reappraised givine re spect for Drice inflation, timberlands ought to get parallel treatment. TR0TH' and consequences Dependable DC3s " United Air Lines has replaced its DC3 planes with Convairs, but DC3s still go plow ing through the skies in all corners of the globe. They were the veritable workhorse of aviation, though now they are being replaced by larger planes, the DC 6s and 7s and soon the jets. For this plane the National Defense .Transportation has conferred the award of the year on Donald W. Douglas, thereby dispatch ing, says the San Francisco Chronicle, "a tardy valentine to a flying machine that has been whirring its way into man's affection since 1938 the stocky, sturdy, utterly dependable bucket of bolts commercially known as the DC3." ' In the war the Army called It the C47, the Navy called it the R4D. British labeled it the Dakota which flew many missions, and Rus sia copied it from lend-lease models. The Chronicle reports further . The records reveal that the Douglas people turned out about 11.000 of these tireless aircraft, of which some 1,000 or 4,000 found their way into commercial usage; and though the last one came off the assembly line on about V-E Day, there are at this very moment more DC-J'i ' carrying passengers and cargo than any other type of airplane. Having ridden the DCS over the tundra of Alaska and on the inter-island hops In Hawaii, we want to add our tribute to its dependa bility. The newer planes are faster, more commodious, but it will be quite awhile be fore they displace the reliable DC3 in the af fection of those who have found it faithful in flight . ' Florentines Oppose Art Loan After the mayor of Florence, Italy, agreed to ship 40 of the famous paintings housed in that city for exhibition in the United States, a storm of protest arose. Artists and other cit izens joined in a formal protest against the loan, warning the city authorities not to let the paintings leave the city. They cited that many of the city's art treasures had been left by Princess Maria Palatina who specified they should not be transported out of the capital (Florence) or the Grand Duchy as then known. Press reports are not clear as to the rea son. Since Florence depends very much on tourist traffic, its merchants may fear loss of patronage if the paintings are to be ex hibited elsewhere. A more plausible reason may be fear of loss or injury to the paintings which are precious to Florentines. The fate of the Andrea del Doria is fresh in their minds, and they want no risk taken with their rich artistic inheritance. A new tack in the continuing controversy over the grant of patents for mining claims to Ai Serena corporation was taken by the Al bany Democrat-Herald and its affiliated radio station, KWIL. They sent Wallace Eakin, managing editor, and Phil Waters, station manager, into the mining region near Trail and interviewed the "natives." The resulting Interviews were published in the Friday is sue of the Democrat-Herald and will be broad cast over KWIL Sunday afternoon at 12:30. Uniformly the neighbors uphold the McDon alds who obtained the patents and defend them as legitimate miners, not timber robbers. So far we have been spared even a TV view of this Elvis Presley, but the story of his hanging a haymaker on a service station manager proved interesting. Now if Liber ace could only drive the teeth of the London Mirror writer who branded him a Cassandra down his throat, the masculinity of these glamor-guys would seem to be well established. tmmmmmmmmmmmsmmiwm Democrats Exude Genuine Confidence ; ' Pennsylvania Can Be Captured by Adlai v By JOSEPH ALSOP 'PITTSBURGH Both the Dem ocrats and Republicans agree . that this state of Pennsylvania Is the first state to watch in the " toming election. And the Demo cratic Sage of Pittsburgh, Mayor - David Lawrence, who did to much to nominate Adlai Steven- ' son .thinks that Pennsylvania is in the bag for his man. ... Lawrence, a large, solid, quiet -spoken man with a large, deeply Data, uueuigent " ". af I .. face, Is very ob- ' y"N 1 ex vtously no actor. VI ex The confidence V to yiat he ex- ,' r4 a pressed to ' this - ! " vo reporter a day or so ago was very obviously genuine conn - fence. " . ier u Alle gheny County," Joseph AW1 be said, "the' x r Democrats will surely roll up an other 40.000 votes that we should have got last time. If we can do that, and if Stevenson can only hold his 1952 majority in Phila delphia, which I think he will, there won't be any contest. The cUU riS be ours, period. It was one of those golden-hazy autumn days that are the best of all the year, Oa a fine day, the 11th District If a pleasant piece Its streets tree-lined, lit koases costly old fashtaiee' bat seldom shabby, Its , people Just that mixture of work ing data Mi small business and white cellar hmlllea that forms the vital backbone J srbai America. Altogether It was an agreeable experience although a somewhat exhausting one (or I managed poll a sample equal to exactly tenth of the district's last-time voters before darkness finally closed In. And with the doubters I talked at some length. Rick hamaa surprises are a eammenplace ( door-to-door poll ing ' at all times, but the few blocks ef the 11th District were antaally full at them. Oa the El cBhewer side, for instance, there was Miss Violet Roy, a sweet faced aid Negro bonseworker at 20S Atlantic Ave., who explained that she was voting Republican becaaaa "I think we shmld all be grateful for what God has given es; and we should never complain VjudgtoibymyowBMlliM: Ste-' " ,utM fcl Philadelphia as he did four years ago. But how about Mayor lawrence's other If?" tn order to test the Sage of Pittsburgh's theory of major Democratic gains ta his ewe county, I asked him to have his staff pick as indicator-precinct or district as they t ..1 their precincts hereabouts here sijna of Democratic gains would sorely be discoverable. Af some thought, the Mayor's av t itaat nested the 11th District ta the old Sta Ward, which went f r liseohower by1 the narrow r ' :"v of r ta tf7 ta 1951 l.Jli. , b-y.tar.d tary, timrThf Pcmacratw aetata ea I set vJ t pU the Utb District, dldale, Joseph 8. Clark , la e And on the Stevenson side, there was the Rev. Mr. William Vivrett and his handsome wife, of 256 South Evaline St. Mrs. Vivrett delivered the best short lecture on America's fated world leadership-"It's been imposed on us, for good or ill, and the great est problem facing our country i how to exercise this leader ship with wisdom, self-denial and courage" which this reporter has heard in many a weary month. There was a political surprise. Philadelphia rail who Is ant sup posed to have much following at this end of the state. Yet he ran well ahead af his Repobllras op ponent, Sea. James Duff, aad even gt a few votes more thaa Adlai Stevenson himself: And the Presidential eatest alse pro duced a surprise, la the form af an abnormally large number of ndecldrd voters whs may end by administering a sharp surprise is Mayor Lawrence. ' In round figures, SS per cent of the people I talked to who had voted last time, had picked Eisen hower in 1952, and 45 per cent had picked Stevenson a, slightly higher vote than Eisenhower ac tually got. This time, 40 per cent were rflady to vote for Eisen hower; 35 per cent had chosen Stevenson; one angry voter plumped for the no-income-tax candidate, Coleman Andrews; and the very large remaining per centage were in genuine doubt. Typical of an actual majority of the doubters was Joseph Cnrraa, a retired railroader, who lives at Z24 South Aiken St. Last time be voted for Stevenson. "Bat this time," he said. "I really don't knew what to do; ! like Elsen hower very muck, but still and ait I'm a Democrat, and the Demo crats are the party of the work-, Ing men like me." This pan, be tween the Elsenhower personality and what, they conceive to be their own Interests, was eommoa eves amoag the 11th District peo ple whs had made their decisions. If the doubters split evenly, Major Lawrence will not achieve his expected gain in the 11th Dis trict. Yet there Is one other factor that may importantly influence the outcome in the 11th District the factor of political organisa tion that also deserves careful study In another report. JConvrliMioSS'. Htw York Harsld Tribune, tne.) 4?f2$C-c- I -awn uupL i nr Japan Parliament Session Slated To Ratify Treaty TOKYO, Oct. M OB-A special session of Parliament will meet about Nov. IS to ratify the declara tion ending the 11-year state of war between Japan and the Soviet Union, a Cabinet official an nounced today. The agreement was signed yes terday in Moscow by Japanese Premier Ichiro Hatoyama and So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. Hatoyama reached Stockholm to day on his way home to Tokyo by way of the United States. The Japanese-Russian agree ment carries a Soviet pledge to back the Japanese bid for mem bership in the United Nations, pro vides (or the return of nearly 1,100 Japanese prisoners of war and a long-term fisheries agreement. A separate protocol also signed yes terday adopted a formula for vast ly increased trade between the two countries. Time Fli ies: From Tne Statesman Piles" 10 Years Ago Oct. it. mi A. L. Lindbeck, Salem corres pondent for a Portland news paper, reports he is authority on highways after an 8650 mile trip which carried him into 26 states and two Canadian provinces. 25 Year Ago Oct. II. 19J1 Tusko, the elephant. Max Gfhl har's star boarder at the fair grounds, continued to munch his daily diet of 300 pounds of hay, while, lawyers took additional steps to get the matter of Tusko's real ownership before the court. 40 Years Ago Oct. II. 11C Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Grady, Portland, who attended the St. Paul's Episcopal guild dance at the armory and gave exhibition dancing have been asked to or ganize a dance class in Salem. Safety Valve Most of the press play these days goes to the top major political parties. However, there is a whole ballot box-full of other parties, all with presidential candidates, slogans and publicity handouts. You don't hear much about these smaller units, but they're in there fighting tooth and poll for your vote II . ana mine, uur aim today is to outline the L tl ' Plaorms (knotholes and all) of these small f& k"' courageous political groups . . . First f aU there's the "Little Man's Party." When this srrappy organization says it's for the small man In Amerirs, it means just that. "Our goal when we come Into power," resds a party cirrular, "will be to see that all appointments to the president's cab inet and other top White House positions go to men who are not over 34 feet tall.." The party's presidential choice is a 3 feet, 4 inch fighter who has to stand on his mother's shoul ders to mark a ballot . . . Then there's the "Anti-Tax Party." The major aim of this group is to eliminate all local, state and federal taxes. In or der to do this the Anti-Tax Party advocates doing away with money. The country would operate on trading stamps, soap coupons and box tops. Major opponents to this scheme are bankers and members of coin collectors' clubs. A party spokesman was reported as stating recently, however, that the A-T Party is in trouble. Nobody, it seems, wants to go on television and compete for 64.000 box tops . . . The party making the greatest gains rerrntly in popular ' Ity polls, however, is the "Medium Dam Party." tt has gath ered under its banner all those independent thinkers who favor NEITHER high nor low dams but advocate Instead medium-sized dams. "You take a high dam and people are gonaa fall off or get the nosebleed," was the way a fired up party speaker put It recently. "And who's to say how low a low dam should be. You get a dam too low in a river and the nest thing you know you're turning out rusty power." . . . Other parties struggling for recognition these days in clude the "Halloween Party" (will send out its doorbell ring ers on Oct. 31): the "Lunar Party, ' (advocates abandoning the earth and starting all over on the moon); the "Dancing Party" (slogan Keep Congress On Its Toes): the "New Pop ular Party" (urges the elimination of all elections and ad vocates selecting candidates through sale of buttons); the "Potluck Party," (each member brings his own platform, to stand or lie on), and the "Bitter Man Party," (includes all those Americans who are NOT happier or more prosperous than they have ever been ) . . . Wiiss" (Continued from page one.) frequent expressions of opposition to an income tax 'made alter he left the commissioner's oiu-e1. This found echo among groups that halo fiith '3"s and oiriOn those also who hate spending by government, especially on the scale to which povernment has become committed. Joining in this company are those who still are fiRhtinK Wil son's League of Nations and of course its successor. United Nations Here the philosophy is one of "no entangling alliances.'' pnd confirms them in stout op position ta foreign aid. In ilie company also are those, chiefly from the South, who still contend for states' rights, spurred t h e more bv the Supreme Court de cision ordering school desegrega-H tion. Professional rightist hire lings who lie by scaring rich industrialists on the imminence of Socialism also will enroll be hind this banner. Ike Should Answer To the Editor: I see where the President In his Portland address was trying to help his man Doug McKay as an honest man to fill the bill as V S senator. If Doug McKay was that good why did he not keep him in 1 is former job as Secretary of Interior I intend to help a man for the 1' S. senate and it will not he Doug .McKay. Our President should answer the man running for the Democrat Vice Presi dent who had our President's own voice on the air making promises to get to bp President and then changing his mind and failing to keep that promise. I sure hope after election day this gang of honest men are all looking o r another job. M Miller. 5910 Portland Rd 9 STEEL FILING CABINETS 2-Drawer Gray $3780 Full 24" Deep . . . Fssy Operation . . , Drawers Suspended on Nylon Rollers Income tax time is not far away. Be sure your records are organized in order that you can accurately figure you return and prove all deductions if necessary . . , Ikedmm 1TATIONIIT OfHCI SUWIlt SlltS DISKS CHAIRS SAFtf 44 S Vt St. PHn 1-14IS Um. O'tf Will Keuther Rule? T the Fditor: Anything can happen ('hurchi!l was defeated in the ery first election after he had saved the country hy winning a world war and the labor party completely wrecked the govern ment and the economy, Walter Reiither may yet dictate government affairs. .1 M Campbell, Dallas, Ore Thus it is a motley assortment linked only by devotion to a va riety of pasts and a common hatred of present policies and attitudes in government. Most of these folk are driven by strong conviction, are deeply patriotic, honorable in their intentions They realize their voices arc lost in the wilderness but they can't help lifting them in warning against destroying old landmarks of government. They are .Jere miahs, who seem quaint and odd to the up-and-coming progressives of this mid-20th-century. At the other side of the political spectrum are extremists of the left, fretting because progress is so slow, splintering over into wider degrees of radicalism, proving the trutn of Carlylc's comment that "revolutions dev our their own children." t'hont 4-BS11 Subscription Rates Br fjrrlfr In cities: Daily only l 2J p,r rr.o D:ly nd Sundy 1 45 per mo Sunday only jo wttk By mall. Dally anl Sunday: un advance) In Orefon 91.1a per rro 5 SO in mo 10 50 year By mall Similar only: 'tn advarvpi Arywhert m IS I Ml r" mo 2 "5 six rr.o. 6 00 vear In I'S outside Oregon 91.49 per mo Member Audit Bureau of Clrrulatlon Bureau of AdeerUsini AM'A Oreron Newipaper Publlihen Animation Adverlltlni Repreaentatlvn: Hard-Griffith Co. Weit llolllday Co New York Chiracs San Francisco Detroit (efTitfift eUist fsKfiTlttDR'Mini I f lltMlHWWll 1 1 If l? 9ftdeiJtxl in engagement and wedding ring irU In keeping with the vogue lor matched lewelry. The reason is. ot course, the wonderful effect that a duplication of design gives the added importance that both rings achieve. These are modest in price yet in keeping with the trend. Prices Include Federal tax Charge or budget lllustrttiont tlifhtlf enired S'ore Hours: 9 30 10 5 30 Every Day Dial Liberty Stamps in the News By CHARLES IRELAND Statesman Stamp Editor The United Nations will issue two stamps Wednesday in observ ance of United Nations Day. Stamps of the United Nations have been a bright "blue chip" tn the stamp trade this year. It was not so in 1951 when the UN issued its first stamps. Most collectors yawned and passed them up. From time to time the UN Issued a special stamp. Only a million Or so of each were printed (a paltry number compared to the 130 million the U.S. Issues of each commemorative stamp). Even so, sales lagged and the U.N. finally destroyed the unsold stamps. About that time stamp collec tors began to wake up to the fact that here was a plum for the picking. Dealers and speculators outbid one another in a rush to buy stamps from lucky collectors who had purchased sheets of the stamps. Prices soared. A year ago most of the U.N. commemorative stamps could Congressman's Aide Convicted Of Tax Evasion ' NEW YORK, Oct. 20 UrWAcy Lennon, secretary to Rep, Adam Clayton Powell ID-NY), was con- j victed Friday on four counts of fed-j erai income tax -evasion. The federal court Jury had de liberated nearly 25 hours. He was the second aide nf 'W4414V4W -found f uilty 4xv sue chargea this year. 4aw ,l...l....hl. jRigr have been obtained at the U.N. Philatelic Agency for their face value, which totals 11.74 To day stamp deal ers are asking 4 $12 to $14 for the same stamps. The stamp pic tured was is sued two years ago as one of 0 Human Rights stamps with a total face value of 11 cents. Today dealers ask up to $1.50 for the same stamps. Larger quantities will be issued of the two stamps that go on sale Wwlnesday. Even so, there are predictions that stocks will be exhausted within a few weeks or months. Collectors desiring copies will not want to tarry. - The stamps are available by mall from the U.N. Philatelic Agency, United Nations Bldg., New York. Cheeks are not accept able unless certified. Some col lectors send $1 and ask that, equal quantities of the two new stamps be tent. A full sheet of eaek costs $5.50. A seaworthy ship needs anchor and sails. The extremists of the right are all anchor. They would reef the sails and never hoist the anchor. Extremists of the left are all sails, no anchor. They cruise with the w inds eventually onto the rocks. The Ship of State needs both satis and anchors and compass. It cannot swing perpetually at anchor gathering barnacles. Nor can it commit it self freely to the winds without guidance or restraint. It has been the genius of the American people that they have used both sails and anchors sails for pro gress, anchors for safety. with remarkable success. They have shown willingness to venture on unchartered seas and at the same time have been deaf to sirens which would lure their craft to destruction. In this campaign when extrem ists condemn both big parties and offer what they think is a purer gospel for America we can take comfort that in the great funda mentals nf national policy there is such accord between the two dominant parties. It gives assur ance of progress without disaster. DANGEROUS SERVICE PAY RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 20 tn Workers handling inflammable materials will get a 30 per cent wage increase because of the dan gers they face. The new law af fects mostly oil refinery employes. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! SPIRITUALISTS OF SALEM KEY. STANLEY MATRUNICK, of Ashley, Ohio, will be in SALEM, OREGON 'October 20-21 Inclusive. Noted Inspirational Speaker, Message Bearer, and Artist. 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