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Tbe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wedaeeday Morning, February I, 1948
refion
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THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
-- -Member of this Associated Press j
The AvwK-iated Presses exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all
newi dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
Sacrificing for UNO
There is a lot of difference between enthu
siastic conviction in favor of the world-saving
mission of the United Nations Organization and
the less pleasant realities of backing up its
purposes with practical action. That, only too
evidently, is what the people of Greenwich
and Stamford. Connecticut, and the adjbining
counties of New York State have found -out.
Several days ago the special UNO delega
tion charged with selecting a site for the per
mantit establishment of the peace organization
announced that its first choice was in the ex
clusive estate area in Western Connecticutt and
the adjoining region in New York. The response
from the property owners in the area was
immediate, loud, and practically all unfriendly.
The essence of the lament raised by the un
usually solid burghers of Connecticut was sim
ply thatt they liked their homes where they
were, and didn t want to go to the inconveni
ence of selling them to the UNO, and picking
out other property elsewhere. Their argument,
so far ax ha appeared in the press, has not
had other more weighty consideration attached
to it, and has not given more than a passing
nod to the world-wide ramifications of the pros
pective purchaser of their real estate.
The fact of the matter is that UNO must
have a home; and UNO has decided, for what
appear to be good reason, that iti home should
be located near New York City. It therefore
follows that fonif people, a good many people
In fact, will have to be moved to make room
for UNO, If it is Hot tiie good people of Stam
ford and vicinity, it will have to be others with
equal claim to tenanting their property, whose
complaints will probably be equally vocal, and
equally bwd upon convenience and "why don't
you make Joe do it" reasoning. But UNO,
whuh is well qualified to pay its own Way. and
i not at all asking for something for nothing,
should be given the first call on the property
it wants. And as far as Greenwich if concerned,
there is always Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
For several days Vishinsky of Russia and
Bvin of Britain have gone after each other
without stint and with only formal courtesy in
an effort to get to the bottom of Russia's charges
that Britain is preventing the establishment of
democracy in Greece by keeping British troops
there,- Bevin has retorted that supporting right
ist elements in Greece furthered from British
thoughts, and has accused the Soviets of carry
ing out a broadly calculated scheme of com
munist propaganda throughout the world aimed
against international cooperation. TheseX facts
have been nreviously commented upon inMhia
column.
Now the Russians have attempted to exercise
their great-power veto in the security council to
prevent that body from supporting the British
fide of the argument. Their veto has not yet
finally been admitted, but may be as discussion
continue?.
Thus finally the question of a power vetoing
con idf ration of a matter directly affecting its
own policy will come to practical best within
the executive meetings of the organization.
Whether such a veto right could be exercised
was a prime-subject for debate after the Dum
barton Oaks meeting which first outlined the
UNO mechanism, and it has since remained a
prickly and not fully solved question. If Rus
sia proves able to control discussion and action
on what i. in effect, her own case, other powers
can exercise equal restraint on the delibera
tions of the body as a whole, The conseqjuences, -if
the veto privilege is used to excess, will
weaken the entire peace organization-! at the
very beginning of its fateful mission. Events
in London during the next few days should
be closely watched
I jet IIaf Tlirtn Talk
The khfwn records of Sabiro Kurusu and
Admiral Nomura would seem to justify the
unofficial decision not to try them as war crim
inals, but if uh hasn't been done already they
certainly should be required to talk to the
limit of their knowledge of pre-war Japan.
Whatever information they could supply, by
vii tue of being in the inner circle, would be
but slight payment for the better-than-deserved
treatment they received from a nation with
which they were discussing peace at the same
time tlieir own country was launching a treach
erous and full-scale war.
There were many people, including the re
porters who interviewed him on his arrival
months before Pearl Harbor, who wondered
why Nomura was sent here as ambassador in
the firt place. Outside of being ostensibly
gen al, with the usual gift of being able to un
dritand or misunderstand English as he saw
fit. the heavy-set lethargic naval officer was
not impressive. Hours of difficult conversation
left his initial interviewers with thet idea that
her' wa one Oriental mask which didn't have
very much on the ball behind it. j
Kurufu was a considerably different type of
personality, and left the opposite impression
on hofe who greeted his plane on Treasure
IIand just beore Pearl Harbor. Nomura had
waved aside all talk of war. In English, his
attitude toward it appeared to be "unthinkable"
or "preposterous." But not the slender, suave
Kurusu. In his initial interview Kurusu left re-
porters only with the idea that he believed and
wa hopeful the war could be avoided. To use
hu own words, he regarded himself as a half
back who had been rushed into a breach to
carry the ball over the goal line of peace at
Washington, D C. j
Whatever they knew, whatever they did, at
leat they didn't order the death march of Ba
Uan. the execution of pilots, the beating and
starvation of prisoners. And jf they are released
the' action' would be tantamount to accepting as ,
wiim MM
Favor Strays No fear Shall
Aue
From First Statesman, March 28, 1831
true their denials
ning which made
But the very natirt of their positions
have let them in on; a lot of information
now should be
public as well
military have a right to know.
Let's have Kurusu and Nomura
their free ride. : f
ence
somewhere
two Wyoming
rights on Mars.
It looks like
all in this winter's f weatherthe almanajc m
too cold to snow" j I ,
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moment, about
no exact truth,
what truth is . . .
"Justice" Difficult
are you going to
and imoossible
fined, he said.
aiways existed
plan-
it ,
Would
which
made available, and which
the
the
as the fetate department
arid
talk! for
fist
of participation in the
auch atrocities possible
These changing times: Not 10 years agp Idle
conversation centered around a Utopian kxltt-
iri the South Seaa. . Now,
veterans hive applied for grazing;
It's further away than the tridon.
there isn't an; silver lining at
sists thatfno matter how cold it gets "it's hever
Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON I ;
(Distributed by KingfFeaturea Syndicate, In. Re
production in whole or in part strictly prohibited.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Some people say pub
licly and privately there is no such thing in the
days as truth or justljre. A wise and philosophical
lawyer friend of mine bundled up this entln new
theory by adding thatiwhert truth and justice died,"
the law died with them; that there is now no law
either. i i V
The law, he said, concretely has become what
ever the judge happens to believe Is socially jbehe-
ificlal- that day. It may be Some-
thing otherwise tomorrow. It as, he
contended,' the socio-political -beliefs
of politicians on the trench,
no linger! concerning itself pri
marily with what is Justice tjri the
humans involved. As judges have
varied so widely in their theories,
any j accepted standard which
might accurately be called "the
law" ? la hn-xiatit.
Truth, he said. Is only what a
person happens kf think af the
any given situation! . . There is
no accepted popular standard of
j t
ef 1 Definition
And who can say what is Justices exact justice,
between! the striker and the managements over
demands for wage increases, for iiJsUnce. Iif the
face of altering prices and standards, unfair anion
monopolies and unfair business monopolies, how
figure justice? It is a nonexistent
theory: which cannot even be deJ
: i
By this time I yelled,, "wait a minute," and leaped
in for a few words, to wit these: There la truth and
Justice, and there is such a thing as the law. You
have gotten yourself into a confused state of mind
by reading the statements, , actions, decisions arjdj
speeches of men who happen to be In positions f.
power for a brief few years. They i do not knoWj
what truth and justice are, and are getting! you
to share their confusion, which could be dispelled
if you devoted your mind Independently to plain
considerations. . -. y
Broke Dewa OM Standards ' ;
First, what has happened to the law? A per
sonally and politically embittered supreme court,
divided three and often' more ways, started con
ducting a social reform revolution by revising the
legal standard. They attempted to effect a social
revolution that neither the president nor congress
could accomplish, but all they succeeded in doing
was to break down the old standards. ; Theyi did
not erect any new standard, to which honest jnen
could repair. They destroyed what was old. ffhey
failed to create any substitute. This has caused
the confusion. It cannot endure; indeed it has, not
actually prevailed. For instance, they said Nevada
divorces were not gocxjl In other states and jeopar
dized hundreds of thousands of marriages, and
they failed to establish' a standard for these Jeopar
dized couples. But no one paid the slightest atten
tion to them. No one was re-married-or re-divorced.
Their decision did not prevail. '
Truth Can't Be Exterminated ' I
Now truth is not alone what I think, but what
you and I agree. It is agreed actuality. So also with
justice, which is an agreed form of fairness. Now
if you speak of truth and justice In the sense of
poetic perfection, you will wait until heaven for
it. But there is a live thing humans may discern
as truth, an agreed standard of what truth 1st
or should be. The people know It, want it. A plane
of common honesty in objective thought, for exam
ple, will endure time as truth, despite attack by
a million fools. Truth may be obscured but cannot
be exterminated. Eminent fools of our day have
gone to exceptional lengths to spread their own
confusion as to what truth is, but the standard will
survive their attacks becawie it la more enduring
than propaganda, because life without a standard
is chaos and there j is no other natural standard
possible except truth. Our natural concept of jus
tice, it the standard of common fairness, must
similarly endure ; for the same reasons, and the
law will be its rules. I ' I:
New Legal SUaeere1 rrebable J
You and I will live to see affirmative leadership
replace the present destructive leadership of the
supreme court, and establish' a new legal standard
based on truth and common justice. I
Imperfections In truth, justice and law have
to some degree, although they
rarely before, in modern times, enjoyed such emin
ence and power. Imperfections are apparent in
nature. Floods sweep away the fertile, topsoil oc
casionally, but the waters of the hills continuously
slake the thirst of man, and give him life. Nature's
droughts destroy; crops, as do pests' and insects;
but the soil bears man the food for existence.
"Hard Times for Honest Kinds" ; : f j
Underlying the imperfections Of nature are the
good--the irresistible, unconquerable natural truths
and natural justice of existence. We see 'them. We
know them. They survive confusion and catastrophe.
These are the bases of human, natural truth and
justice to which leadership will return as soon as
the cruel i social ! revolution is spent, and menV
eye are cleared to the simple facts of existence,
These are hard times for men with honest minds.
They would help themselves if they would study
the natural laws' of truth and Justice on tbU criit
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Turning on the Heat
Tho Literary
Guidopost
Br W. G. Beyers
WA1TINO I IN THg NIGHT, sjr
Ctorit Millar (DUayi fl.1l).
The English author dropped
out of tho belly of a Liberator
one night In June, 1944 in France
and stayed near Besancon direct
ing j Maquis attacks on tho Oer-
mans until the American 7th
army liberated the area.
j His associates, aides and su
j perlprs were Albert, the French
man who pretended he was Eng
lish; Col. Morin, the patron, who
. pasMed himself off as a peasant;
Boulaya, "Curly" and eventually
some Americans.
I - Millar's story is peculiarly pro
saic. The stuff that made our
'front pages was mostly a game:
hiding behind corners, ducking
behind trees on the slopes' of
.Franche-Comte, swiping cars and
'gasoline from Nazis; walking un
til your legs were ready to fall
off and then blowing a few rail
road switches.
j Yet it was Just this sort of
stuff that helped importantly to
free Franco. sMen paid for this
with their lives, and . willingly
'ran tho risk. An escapade in a
village could bring the entire vil
lage down around the inhabi
tants' ears as tho Germans or
their Cosisack stooges burned,
killed and raped for vengeance.
The Maquis had their moments
of vengeance jtoo. Tho handsome
La Mart ho ws a despicable "col
labo" was tumbled into a grave
he dug; a couple in Daroasd's
train met the same grossly do
served fate, j
This is a historical record,
though at times it roads like a
novel dispassionately written.
Millar thought Maquis units wore
oftei) poorly led, without disci
pline, and Indifferent to the most
elementary notions of sanitation.
Some men were fired by a spirit
of adventure, j some were in the
dangerous business by chance,
some were inspired by an undy
ing hatred. But they did work
crying to be' done, apd some of
the episodes will raise tho hair
on your head, j
j; One of the! most abominably
grotesque stories I have read con
cerns tho capture of Morin. He
Was caught because he was rash;
ut then his captors beat him
up so badly that they couldn't
recognize In his mangled features
the man for (whom they had
hunted high and low "for months;
then he was betrayed by a fellow
prisoner, ; j
GRIN AND BEAR
rNoWf gentlemen
men I'd like a proper
king at the birdie,' 111
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Gramme
(Continued From Pago 1)
either have bought land or have
started construction on factories
to make nearly everything from
rayon hosiory to bathtubs In
nearby country towns like Red
lands, Ontario, Ran Bernardino
and Santa Ana."
Invidious comparisons are
frowned on;i but we can't help
contrast thisj showing with the
record to date in our own state.
We have twd new plants under
construction in West Salem;
Portland has a few major plants
promised. But there is nothing
for Oregon on tho scale indicated
for Southern California.
There may bo reasons: More
people providing a larger labor
supply and a bigger local mar
ket; nearness to materials or
markets. The' true explanation
may be found, however. In
"drift." Succeed breeds success.
Once a trend gets started it may
bo deflected only with difficulty,
It may be doubted if the execu
tives of tho companies mentioned
ever seriously considered or in
vestigated possibilities In the
northwest. Tho rush was on to
California; why look elsewhere?
Ivan BlocH, head of the indus-l
trial development department of
tho Bonneville administration,
talking to the Salem chamber
of commerce Monday, counseled
patience.! He emphasized the
need of finding out what re
sources Wo have. I think we
know pretty well what we have
and whsjt wo do not have of
tho latter, minerals and metals
especially. Of course, there will
be development, but it may wait
longer orj chemistry than on ge
ological explorations. And wait
still longer on capital to enter
the northwest. Maybe we should
rely, more on local venture capi
tal raihdr than on location of
branches of eastern concerns.
We'l get along, perhaps bet
ter thenj Southern California.
But to be passed over so often
makes 'ode wonder, like the girl
who is wall-flower at the danco,
if wo have BO or some other
repellents
The
porpoise and the panda aro
most pis
yful
animals.
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By Licit ty
professional expression! Instead
tuk'yoe for $M loa'." -
Producers of
Cherries Will
Meet Friday
Marion and Polk county cherry
growers have called a meeting for
Friday. February 8, at the Salem
chamber of commerce rooms , to
discuss some of the problems of
their industry. A full program has
been arranged starting at 10:30
a. m.
Arthur King, soils secialist
from tho state college, will discuss
fertilizers, use of cover crops and
cultivation practices. Also on the
morning program is Dr. S. M. Zel
ler. plant pathologist, who will
talk on selection and registration
of disease-free trees which can
bo uaed by nurseries for budding
and grafting.
The afternoon program will
deal mainly with the cherry fruit
fly and the control area which
went into effect February! 1. Dr.
S. C. Jones, entomologist. OSC,
will discuss the life history of the
insect and recommend sprays.
Frank McKennon, chief of divi
sion of plant industry of the state
department of agriculture, will
explain the operating of the cher
ry fruit fly control area.
W. C. Loth, Polk county agent,
and W. O. Nibler. Marion county
agent, are arranging the meeting.
U.S. Treasury
Announces
Tax Refunds
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5
The Oregon liquor control com
mission was refunded 138.433 in
tho fiscal year ended last June 30
because it had overpaid its taxes,
a treasury report to congress dis
closed yesterday.
The commission received the
highest refund during the period
to citizens and corporations in
Oregon on income, miscellaneous.
excise, distilled spirits, old age
benefits and federal unemploy
ment taxes. The $38,422 included
nine refunds on distilled spirit
taxes.
Among other refunds of $2000
or more in Oregon were: (All for
income tax)
From Salem Blaine Brown.
$4057; John A. and Margaret H.
Nathman, $3234; George Putnam,
$2411; William S. Walton, $11419.
Stayton Theresa M. Crabtree.
$3819; Yamhill A. E. Stovall,
$3895. and Gladys Hayrtea, $2502;
Dallas Mine M. Guy, $2676;
Wlllamina J. C Jensen. $0834;
Carlton Christiana Linke, $4782.
Aurora Jersey
Herd Classified
The registered Jersey herd of
R. H. Clark of Aurora, Oregon
was recently officially classified
according to a report from The
American Jersey Cattle club. New
York. The official who went over
each cow in the herd individu
ally comparing her to the model
of the breed in type was Professor
H. M. King of the University of
British Columbia.
Thirteen animals in the herd
averaged 83.65 per cent on a score
card basis. Included in this aver
age are four Very Good, eight
Good Plus and one Good indi
vidual. Del her t Kleeii
Leaves Hospital
PFC Delbert G. Kleen has re
cently been discharged from
; Fitzsimmons General hospital in
Denver. Colo. In the service al
most three years, he was in the
i European theatre when wounded
I and sent back to the states. His
borne is on route I, Saliftt. -81'
'Highest Type of Friendship'
Essential to Americas, Lions
President Tells Salem Group
Dr. Ramiro Collazo of Havana, international president of the
Lions club, told a joint meeting of Salem Lions and Kiwanians Tues
day that the nations of America in war-time learned that "the defense
of our boundaries lies in the defense of the frontier of the western
hemisphere."
The widely traveltw Cuban attorney, speaking perfect English
with but little accent, talked i
and
on "the real significance of the
American dUcovery," which he
said constituted "the American
man the man who loves freedom
and his ideals."
Dr. Collazo said World War II
"really brought the Americas to
gether," and that the far-reaching
hostilities "were not to preserve
a past but to create a future." He
paid high tribute to the part of
Lions, Kiwanians and Rotarians
in building toward that future
"creating friendship, friendship of
high idealism, which goes beyond
tho limits of your country and
ties us together."
The high-ranking visitor also
said the war had the effect of
aiding soma Latin American na
tions "to clean house; we had a
lot of fifth columnists; now cer
tain movements are illegal."
Service clubs were urged to
"lot each activity be a stepping
stone to higher achievement in
so doing you aro creating the
highest type of friendship."
Dr. Collazo, who pointed out
that Cuba in war-time provided
tho United States with around
four-fifths of its entire rationed
KUgar, was introduced to the 200
Lions and Kiwanians by Gov. Earl
Snell. The Salem Lions' prrhi
dent, Ronald Jones, presided after
receiving the gavel from W. W.
McKinney, president of the Ki-
wanis during whoso regular
weekly meeting the special pro
gram was held.
Arthur II. Deule
Dies; Formerly
Resident of Salem
An AP dispatch from Baltimore
tells of the death of Arthur H.
Deute, president of a local brew
ing company and "nationally
known gourmet." Deute was 57
years of age.
A native of Oregon City, Deute
for many years was advertising
manager of The Statesman. He
left this newspaper and went to
San Francisco where he contin
ued his career in advertising on
newspapers and with an advertis
ing agency. Later he was adver
tising manager for Borden's, and
after that for the Ruppert brew
ery in New York. Ten years ago
he went to Baltimore to become
head of the National Brewing c"
He organized a society ; of gour
mets, Les Amis d'Escoffier, and
named himself "chief potato
peeler."
Deute served as a director of
tho National Association of Man
ufacturers. Supreme Court
Upholds Verdict in
Stockholder Case
The state supremo court Tues
day affirmed Circuit Judge James
R. 'Bain, Multnomah county. In a
suit brought by Ostlind Valve.
Inc.. in which he accused the maj
ority stockholders' with fraud.
Bain held for the majority stock
holders. The opinion was written by
Justice Hall S. Lusk. Other opin
ions: M. L. Briggs, appellant, vs. E. L.
Briggs. Appeal from Multnomah
county. Suit for divorce. Opinion
by Justice James T. Brand. Judge
Ashby Dickson affirmed.
Petitions for rehearing denied
in the Malheur county case of
Tudor vs Jaca and others. Opin
ion by Justice Arthur I D. Hay,
pior opinion modified.
Bisliop Wall, Family
Olebrate Reunion
The home of Bishop and Mrs.
D. H. Wall on Wallace road was
the scene of a family gathering
recently when all of their six
children and families were pres
ent, together for the first time in
almost 10 years.
In the group were Bishop and
Mrs. Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Garrett and two children, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Folsom and three chil
dren, all of Leavenworth. Wash.;
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Wall and three
children, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Workman and three children.
Wood burn; Iris and Bema Wall,
at home.
. STEVEIIS
ALWAYS DEPENDABLE
Whether you select a large dia
mond or one of modest site, of
this yea may be sure it will be
exquisitely styled la the best of
taste!
Extended Payments
lit Court ftUect
Vet Counsellor
Plans to Visit
Valley Towns
The federal veterans' adminis
tration sub-regional office an
nounced Tuesday that Charles
Sias, office itinerant contact man,
will make the rounds of valley
towns during tho next two weeks
explaining to all Interested vet
erans their legal rights and bene
fit. Sias is authorized by the vet
erans' administration to explain
veterans pensions, retirement
pay. Insurance, medical I treat
ment and hospital care, readjust
ment allowance, burial expenses,
vocational rehabilitation, educa
tion and training and loans on
farms and homes.
He will be available for inform
ation In Dall-s today February t
at, the U. S. employment office;
in Silverton on Thursday and Fri
day. February 7 and 8. at tho
chamber of commerce building;
in MrMinnvillo on Tuesday and
Wednesday. February 12 and 13.
at the U. S. employment office,.
nd at Newberg on ThurniMy and
frirlay. February 14 and 15. at the
chamber of commerce building..
(lentennial of
Newspapers in
Oregon Cited
The Oregon Statesman is join
ing with other newspapers in the
state this week in observing the
Oregon Newspaper Centennial
which honors the printing of the
first newspaper west of the Mis
souri river.
On February 5. 1848. the first
newspaper on the Pacific coast
was printed at Oregon City when
the Oregon Spectator rolled from
the press. 13 years before Oregon
was admitted as a state.
"Newspaper production has
opeeded up tremendously during
the past century." said Charles
A. Sprague, publisher of The
Statesman. "Fast workmen could
print 50 copies of the four-page
Spectator per hour, while tho
press used in printing The States
man can turn out thousands much
larger in tho same time, and mod
ern type-setting machines make it
potfsible for one printer to do tho
work of ten typesetters In 1848."
One of tho most significant de
velopments during the past cent
ury has been that of photo- en
graving which makes the use of
present day news pictures pos
sible. The first illustrations used
"in newspapers were Engraved by
hand upon wood blocks and It
often took an engraver several
days to execute a detailed picture.
It is now only a matter of minute
after a photograph Is taken with
a camera until the mechanically
prepared engraving can be ready
for the printing press.,
"The value of public notice was
realized by the citizens of a hun
dred years ago," Mr. Sprague
said, in pointing out that the most
of the front page of Oregon's first
newspaper Wat devoted to print
ing the laws of the Oregon Terri
tory. "Public notices are printed
for the protection of everyone, to
safeguard the individual's rights
against infringement from any
quarter. This protection is as im
portant to the citizen of today as
it was 100 years ago."
R.JI. Ianton Honorably
Diwliarped From NATS
Robert Blair Laron, UNR,
aviation flight machinist's mate,
2 r. of 1885 Center st . Salem, has
been honorably discharged from
the naval service. Larson served
with naval air transport squad
ron nine, an overhaul and repair
squadron of the naval air trans
port service (NATS).
Larson formerly attended Mich
igan State college. East Lansing,
Mich., and live? with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Larson.
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