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Z i-(Sec T) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., May g. K2 GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichry r 4 s ofte (S)refion6$tatesiaau "A'o Fouor Suxjjj Us. No Fear Shall Awe." From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor & Publisher WENDELL WEBB, Managing Editor Entered at the pott office at Salem. Ore., ai "cond elan matter under act of Congress, March 3. 1878. Published ever morning. Business office 280 Church St.. NE, Salem. Ore. Tel. EM 4-6811 Member Associated Press The Associated Preaa Is entitled exclusively to the use tor reproduction of all local news printed in this newspaper. , How Caracas Mob Attacked Nixon A graphic description of the mob action in Caracas which for a xme threatened the life of Vice President Nixon appeared in the New ' York Herald-Tribune for last Saturday, writ ten by its correspondent, Earl Maze who saw the episode from a photographer's truck, locked in the traffic jam just 10 feet ahead of the Nixon limousine. He wrote: The Caracas killer mob of 300 screeching Com-rnumst-led individuals, ranging from teen-agers to aged derelict, attacked Mr. Nixon's car as his mo torcade was stalled in a mysterious traffic tieup. The Venezuelan police either vanished or froze where they stood. The tie-up occurred in a mid town area that is notorious for bloodshed in revo lutions and riots. As the mass of humanity swarmed toward the Vice-President's car, six Secret Service men leaped from a security car to form a thin screen of pro tection around it. . For the next twelve frantic minutes their move ments were magnificent for their skill and daring. They worked with open hands, not once resorting to counter-violence against the crazed crowd that beat against the Vice-Presidential car with clubs, pipes, brass bases from artillery shells and carry ing big banners bearing a cartoon from the Caracua Communist newspaper depicting Mr. Nixon as a viper sucking the blood of Venezuela. Through it all the Secret Service men while being spit on, beaten with clubs, tripped and pushed did their work with almost politenesa. without once using violence themselves, they dragged aside people who threw themselves in front of the Nixon car, pulled away thugs trying to get at the Vice-President with pipes and clubs through holes in the shattered car windows, and nudged one or two people in such a way that whole howling knots around the car would be blocked from their objective momentarily. Inside the car. John T. Sherwood, chief of Mr. Nixon's security detail, drew his gun. He was pre pared to shoot any would-be killer who got In. Two other agents in the car behind remained at Mrs. Nixon's side to protect her, if necessary, while their colleagues worked outside. The Caracas incident was more than a dem onstration. It was steeped In violence. The Venezuelan authorities are clearly responsible for failure to provide adequate police or military protection. Fish Business Big When housewives go to the fish market , they expect to find a good assortment' of fish, shrimp, crabs, clams, maybe lobster, too. They give little thought to the labor of those who catch the fish and other marine life to supply the market. The magnitude of this enterprising shows up in the figures pub lished by the Astorian Budget, quoting from reports of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, For the first four months of ,1958' landings and imports of fishery products in the Astoria area came to nearly 15 million pounds, up 2.27 million pounds from 1957. In only three nights of gillnet fishing in April landings were 1,318,000 pounds, so heavy a catch the fishermen voluntarily quit the river to let the salmon get upstream to spawning grounds. The otter trawl fishery brought in 1,750,000 pounds of fish in April and crab landings came to over a million pounds. All this is not only an industry of magnitude, it provides our tables with choice seafood. Ronald Colman's life ended at a too-early 67 years. He was an actor of competence whose roles in the films brought him fame and fortune In America he was born in England.' He is described as a "man of cul ture and distinction," and that was how he was regarded by the public. Here was one actor whose personal life matched the quality Log Trucking Log truckers are asking for permission to haul logs round the clock for five days of the week, Monday through Friday. The high way commission has indicated its .approval but the final decision rests with the public utilities commissioner. He has referred the question to the Traffic Safety Commission which will meet today to make a recommen dation. The truckers say that in a numben of in stances the" log haul is so long -over 100 miles in some cases that the trucks can't make the round trip within the time limit off the highways by nine p.m. They urge that round-the-clock hauling should be permitted through the summer months to assure log supplies for the 'winter when logging and log-hauling have to be suspended. Other states, such as Washington and Montana, are said to put no hours limit on log trucking. Safety measures are assured by the truckers, with rear lighting added to prevent collision from behind. The argument against extending the time c VtncoH in laroB measure nn nppd for safetV. ,j uuow ... . - ,IT, . , . , .TT . . . i , ... T There is much more travel on highways in rroposai to ena xesuiig is misery, tuniraue pupui ... is Wi - tea e,js summer and many of the tourists have had no experience in meeting or passing log trucks. Lengthening the time for hauling would call for a stretch out of manning of weighing stations and of police patrol of roads used for log hauling. Thus it is apparent that there are two sides to this question. Perhaps the accident sta tistics wiH indicate the degree of hazard, though hardly for night hauling. We may be sure the commission which is charged with concern for highway safety will give the sub ject very careful consideration.. If approval is given to the trucker request it might be made conditional or subject to review at the end of the current season. Experience would be the best guide for the future. Fish for Mill Creek Refusal of the State Game Commission to stock Mill Creek because fishing there is re stricted to youngsters looks like a defiance of the Legislature which legalized that restric tion. The Commission's general policy of not stocking waters where fishing is restricted ap plies very well where there are private clubs, but hardly where, as in this case, the creek is open to all comers 18 years old and under. Does the Commission refuse to stock streams or lakes where fly fishing only is allowed? If it does, then it is inconsistent to refuse to plant fish in Mill Creek. Where is a better place to plant fish than in a stream where boys and girls can fish with a fair chance of making a catch? The Mill Creek experiment has been quite a suc cess. It ought not to hurt by spoils-sport com missioners who withhold fish stock from the stream. it it- ic it ir '' While Russia has launched another and much bigger satellite, our own experimenters in rocket-fired missiles have not been idle. Latest achievement was the development of a nose cone which will not burn up on re entry into the earth's atmosphere. This was no small accomplishment. Shooting a ball or a bomb into space is now fairly easy. For military purposes, however, it is important that the warhead can return to strike the target aimed at. Such is the friction generated on re-entry into the atmosphere that special design and special heat-resistant materials were needed to effect this re-entry without combustion. Sunday the Army hoisted a Jupiter intermediate missile. It traveled over 1,500 miles and the nose came down in the ocean. It was recovered, giving physical proof that the problem had been solved. This now makes possible the arming of overseas bases with missiles of intermediate range, which we hope will serve as another deterrent against war. remembering I am teaching propaganda . , Jailing tor ltl . . , not of his professional talent. Many Consumers Re Buy, Reporter Po By Joseph AIsop CHICAGO "Buy now? Hell, I'm not spendin' a dime, because I don't know how long it'll be be fore we have to dig into our savings to pay for the groceries." The speaker was the brisk, grey-haired wife of the owner of a small job- printing piam. m 4 , i wnose comiort I ' f1 able little house tifl , and admirable garden might have served as models for ideal way of life of the American low er - middle in- D Joseph Alot' i- i . i come group. Moreover all of it, including the well-kept 1957 model car, was paid for in full except the house itself. "I need a car so bad it hurts, and the wife needs evefy kind of appliance, too. But with no more overtime work and prices the way they are, how am I going to buy? I ain't, and that's that." The speaker was a skilled mechanic. He did not seem to realize it, but he had already per. formed a notable feat of capital accumulation, part-building, part buying a fairly big house for him elf and his family. He bad been "driven to it" when rent controls went off in 1951. He now owed only $2,000 on a house that must have been worth at least $17,000. But the remaining house pay ments, the grocer and the chil dren's Fhoss took all the money be could cam. "Why, I don't see why you even ask. Everyone has everything they need now. All my friends are just like us they've got cars, washer-dryers and all like that for the house, jut everything fcat'a Important. A coa'pl of years ago they didn't even have bank accounts, but now a lot of them are saving money. Of course, I'd like some more furni ture. We're thinkin' of gettin' a living room couch this autumn, if there's plenty of work until then." The speaker was the pretty young wife of a construction worker, who added that they "had the saving habit, because in construction work you never know what the winters'H be like." She remarked that their car "was kind of beat up, because my hus band's hard on a car, but we think we can keep it rollin' anoth er two years anyway." The point about these three ci tizens was that they covered vir tually the entire range of econr omic attitudes discovered by this reporter in a couple of days of intensive doorbell ringing, here abouts. There were, indeed, only two varients in 65 persons polled. One was a disabled veteran, whose pension had shrunk in the price rise to the point where the family was really badly off. The other was a junior industrial exe cutive, already the owner of a 1955 Cadillac and another, cheap er car of the same vintage. He "would have been looking for a new car this year; but I guess we'll wait until they slim them down a bit and get soma chrome off them." It was an extraordinary 'and eye-o p e n i n g experience to go down those prettily tree-shaded, comfortable - looking streets in Harvey, 111. and Gary, Ind. They were not poor people in these streets. They -ere workers in the more highly skilled and bet ter paid specialties, with a sprin kling of small businessmen and retired people. None of themwbo wanted a job was actually unem ployed, although the Incomes of uctant to 4 Discovers hours, and a fair number had relations who were jobless. A year ago, two years ago, in deed at any time since the end of the last war, a doorbell-ringer in these streets would have heard about plans to purchase some major piece of mechanical equip ments in a very high percentage of the houses visited. Six of those polled had in fact bought cars in the last 12 months. But none were planning any replacement. In fact and it is an almost in credible fact only one of the 65 persons polled was planning to purchase, or even seemed to de sire to purchase, a single item in the consumer-durable goods cate gory. The exception was a hard working plumber who was' "figur ing to buy a new house because it don't cost any more than my rent, so naturally I'll need some appliances." They had what they needed al ready. Or they wanted to buy but were caught in the price squeeze. Or they were able to buy, but were frightened by the recession. Or they were now more interest ed in what might be called the icing on the cake of the lower-middle-income way of life new furniture, or a living room car pet, or a power-mower, or that "little summer home" (that had tempted) an Allis-Chalmers ac countant who formerly got a new car every two years. Since the American economy has been so largely governed by the consumers durable goods in dustries, one has to hore that the sample was somehow distorted, although the people polled looked as typically American as apple pie. Otherwise, the famous theory that the recession is "bottoming out" is going to operate mighty slowly at best. Conrad Prang What do visiting ladies do in Salem when they want dance escorts? Why, they call out the National Guard, naturally. This may be a blow to Salem manhood, but that's exactly what delegates to the state convention of Beta Sigma Phi, a women s sorority group, did over the weekend. Many of the women were here sans husbands and they had this big ball going. They appealed for help to one local male civic organization. But the men (or maybe their wives) vetoed this move. . . . So the visiting gals, figuring they had a Little Rock V roll crisis on their hands, called on the Guard to man the stag lines at the ball. This isn't the first time the Phi fillies had to go to the nearest manpower pool to fill out their dance cards. Two years ago, in Astoria, they put the waltz bite on Tongue Point naval base. And In Portland they once mustered out Army and Air Force personnel. . . . Apparently Vice-President Nixon wasn't panned in ALL of pan-America. A. D. Cooper of Salem received a letter from Ecuador. And guess who is guest-of-henor on the stamp? Right. None other than Senor Richard M. Nixon "vicepresi dente de los E.E.U.U. Norteamerica." The colorful stamp bears a pix of Nixon, looking sort of Latin-Americanish right next to the American and Ecuador flags. Letter came to Cooper from Dr. G. W. Prescott, formerly of Salem. . . . Comes to hand a copy of the Dublin, Ireland, "Evening Press." No wonder Irish newspaper readers' eyes are always smiling. Where else do the late dog racing results almost Crowd U. S. rocket testing reports right off the edge of Page One? . . . And where else do you find news items like this: "A Jack daw, shot at Middleton, County Cork, fell on the head of Mr. James Walsh, a carpenter, who was cycling at the time. Two gun dogs, hearing the shot, attacked Mr. Walsh, who found great difficulty in beating them off." . . . And in the Motor Car section of the classified ad dept. is an ad listing a Ford for sale in "optimum condition." . . . Another ad says a, "Young lady requires a fully furnished bedsitter." Before you jump to conclusions you should know that in Ireland that is a combination bedroom and sitting room. . . . We hope. . . . uTPHKrflTE THDQI (Continued from Page 1.) seems likely that the federal courts would rule this action a subterfuge in defiance of the Su preme Court order of 1954. But how the court's orders would be enforced is a question. There is one solution which hasn't been discussed, and that is for the federal government to take over the school system of states which rebel against inte gration. This of course would pre cipitate a grievous battle over states' rights, and many in the North would denounce such a course. Also it would show par tiality to the states concerned in that the federal treasury would be bearing all the cost of school operation in those states. That would excite jealousy among the other states. Obtaining appropria tions for such a federal system also would be hard. It would how ever provide one answer to the defiance of the Southern states. ' In spite of this resistance, which is deep and persistent in many states of the Old South de segregation has made consider able progress. The border states, Deleware, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri are com ing into compliance with the Su preme Court edict Some schools in Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas and Arkansas are inte grated, Oklahoma, which has a large Indian population against whom there has been no school discrimination, observes the order for integration. The holdout states are Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissippi and Louisiana. They are the citadels of segregation. The National Guard troops have gone home from Little Rock, or will when the school ends for the summer. President Eisenhower hopes they will not have to re turn in September. Whether they will or not will depend on1 the attitude of the whites of that dis trict. Conceivably the hoodlum element can revive the disorders of last fall, with the ready assent of Governor Faubus, now running for another term as governor. Troop patrol is no solution, only a temporary safeguard against violence. But It is bard to see how integration will come in the hard core South without such pro tection or without something oh the order of a federal system of schools. The courts though, with hand to plough, have to continue down the furrow of integration. Veterans Service Officers to Attend Portland Meeting Ridgley Miller of Salem, Marion county's veterans service officer, will be among those participating in the 21st semiannual county ser vice officers' conference in Port land today through Friday. Miller, secretary of the organi zation, will open the public con ference this morning. Chairman of the convention is J. L. Prather of McMinnville. Purpose of the conference is to bring Oregon's county veterans' service officers up to date on latest changes in veterans laws. A highlight this year will be a panel discussion on admission re quirements and treatment of vet erans in Oregon and Washington hospitals. Two Lutheran Pastors Ordained at Convention; One to Serve in Salem Two Lutheran pastors, including one who will take over Good Shep herd Church in Salem, were or dained here Tuesday during the 58th annual convention of the Pa cific Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America. The new ministers, Richard Magnuson, Seattle, and Arthur Os- mundson of Kelso, Wash., were ordained in an impressive "laying Callen Ellis Succumbs at Salem Home Callen Ellis, 64, a Salem resi dent for 12 years, died Tuesday in a Salem nursing home. Formerly of 3560 Commercial St. SE, he had recently moved to Jefferson, Rt. 1, Box 171. Ellis was born June 10, 1893 in Stanford, Mont., and moved at six years of age to Gold Hill where he lived for many years. He later moved to Salem and worked as an engineer on dredg ing operations along the Willam ette. For the past eight years he was a maintenance employe at Hillcrest School. Survivors include his widow, Na omi Ellis; two sons, Darrell Jones, Pasco, Wash., and Robert Bryant, Jefferson; two brothers, George Ellis, Brightwood, Ore., and Joe Ellis, Estacada; three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Thorp, Eugene; Mrs. John Stenson, Sitkum, Ore., and Mrs Nora Small, Hoquim, Wash., and nine grandchildren. Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the W. T. Bigdon Chapel, with interment at Belcrest Me morial Park. Holmes Notes State Traffic Accidents Dip Increased law enforcement re duced Oregon's traffic accidents 16 per cent in the first three months of this year. Gov. Robert D. Hol mes said Tuesday. The statement, released here, was to be given by the governor at the National Governors Confer ence in Miami, Fla. The comparison was with the first quarter of 1957. 'The downtrend in accident rates," the governor said, "began with my reauest to nolice arancie to issue court citations for all vio lations. The number of state nolice arrests in the first auarter went nn nearly 60 per cent and the num. ber of rural accidents in the area they patrol went down nearly 20 per cent. "A general increase in citations. license suspensions and warning letters Is apparently getting re sults, and the results are leading to public acceptance of the nro gram." In another statement prepared for the governors' conference. Gov. Holmes doubted that federal mnn. ey grants endangers the autonomy ot we states. Veep Given Job MANILA W) President Carina P. Garcia has finally given Vice President Diosdada Macanacal a job. The Nationalist leader made Macapagai, a member of the op position Liberal party, a member of the policy-making Council of State. It is the vice resident's first official . assignment since he took office last December. Time Flies: From The Statesman Files many had been ent by shorter -rewjPock 10 Years Ago May 21, 1948 A new stamp commemorating four Army chaplains who gave up their life preservers on a sinking transport in 1943 will be issued this month. The stamp will bear likenesses of John P. Washington, Alexander D. Goode, George L. Fox and ClarkrV. Poling. Dick Yost, a sure and long hitting boy from Portland, nail ed down the 1948 Elks spon sored Mid-Willamette Valley links crown as he turned back . the bid of Salem's veteran Glen Lengren by a 6-5 score. 25 Years Ago May 21, 1933 Funeral services were held for Leo Huddleston, 38v Salem Legion drum corps member who died in Portland. Members of the drams corps inarched with the funeral procession. heal (L kdltodajlx Cjntfoo k a defeat ting its first taste of dog racing. Its set-up is part of the new racing racket which the last legislature legalized. The dog races may draw a crowd of cur ious for a few nights, but it is a safe prediction the interest will quickly wane. 40 Years Ago ' May 21, 1918 "The Man of the Hour," the four-act play given by the high school Senior Class, la on of unusual merit Miss Madge Bai ley as leading lady and John Lucker have already been ac claimed very el e v e r in their parts. Ralph Barnes, - Lester Springer and Ruby Welch were among the players. Editorially It is a great battle. The losses are heavy. But that the German losses far outnumber those inflicted by their troops is patent And they are accomplishing notning; nothing but the certain evi dence of their own erowine weakness, lack ot moral and Better English By D. C. Williams 1. What is wrong with this wn tence? 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WEST ROLUDAT CO. , New York Chleaso WARD ORHTrXJI CO. -T StCNSt SS Naval Group To Note Open House Tonight Ten years as Salem's Naval Re serve unit will be observed tonight by Surface Division 13-28M in an open house at its training center on Airport Road. The center will be open to in spection by Salem public at p.m when the 190 officers and men be gin their regular weekly drill. Last year the Salem unit rated 5th best of its size in the nation. Open invitations have been ex tended to parents of youths 17-18H years old who face a reserve obli gation, Commander Vernon Gil- more said. The program offers 8 year service including up to two years' active duty. uxie radio contact wtui every unit in the 13th Naval District will be available tonight to show guests some of the unit's facilities. Radar and other equipment will also be on display and classrooms will be open. Plastic model ships six-feet long win oe exniDitea. on hands" ceremony at St. Mark Lutheran Church. Rev Mncnnsnn will assume the pastorate at Good Shepherd June is and deliver his first message June 22. The church has been with out a minister since March when Salem Trio Earns Guard Commissions Commissioned as second lieuten ants in the Oreeon National Guard recently in Portland . were ' three Salem men. They are Louis Kurth Jr.. Rt. 4: Kenneth E. Pingel, 851 Liberty St SE, and Gary L. Smith. 750 ood St. NE. The three heffan traininff 'fnr a commission through the new Na tional Guard Officer ranrlidafe school last year at Ft. Lewis, wash, and have attended weekend classes each month at Portland. Lt. Smith is assigned to Anti-Aircraft Battery D; Lt. Kurth to Co. D. 162nd Infantry, and Lt. Pingel, Co. B, 162nd Infantry. J sj The Rev. Richard Magnuson, Seattle, ordained Tuesday at Lutheran convention here, will take over Good Shep herd Church June 16. ' the Rev. 0. W. Ebright left. The Rev. John L. Cauble of St. Mark's was elected first vice presi dent of the Pacific. Synod for a two-year term. He is also presi dent of the Southern Conference. Also elected during the second day of the four-day convention of 150 delegates from 63 congrega tions were The Rev. Edward E. Hummon, Seattle, second vice president; Dr. Walter I. Eck, Port land, secretary for his 43rd term; H. A. Halverson Jr. Longview, Wash., treasurer; "and the Rev. A L. Mendenhall, Vancouver, Wash., statistician. Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America, re ported progress on plans to com bine the UCLA with the Augus tanna, Suomi and American Evan gelical Lutheran Churches. He told the delegates the merger will be realized late in 1961 at the earliest and more probably in 1963. Dr. Fry, head of 70 ' million Lutherans, will speak on ''Para doxes of Lutheranism," at the con vention banquet tonight -at 6:30 at St. Mark's. 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