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Pay 9, lUrftttr-Gtmg, Eugene, Ore., Wen., May 21, 1947 AM INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Publlshe Ma (TWlm IM on BrfOB AND PUBLUUa Allan t. Bl MAHAOOfO KDITOa , , , . WUIlaai H. Turaaa itM rrM KtWS 8XBVICX . Ajaoctata Prata. Oaltatf 1 . Audit Bureau of Circulation am M M nt ddn at Ftuna. oragoo, as aim mattar. TIm Sasinar OuerCs folia u tke eampiat. ane Impartial awnaannai w tu news aaaaa ar ail newi ana aiatanmu oe Im. On Oris pega tha Mi tart f Tha Reslfter-Cutrd oHai their opinion on events or tha day tad mattare of Importance fca tha community, andeavorlnf w be candid hut (air and ewonu u mo oavaiapaMJil Of oonatrueova community poller, Yes, Mr. Wallace Is. "A Liberal" At kst we are compelled to admit that Mr. Henry Wallace is "a liberal." From time to time we have complained of the mis application of this term, which used to mean merely a person who was broadly tolerant, open minded. But Mr. Wallace, we find, falls well within the accepted definitions laid down in the brand new issue of Webster's Dictionary. Webster's devotes lot of space to the word "liberal" nowadays, and in the begin ning we find: "liberal, ad). . . 1. befitting of worthy of a mm of free birth etc etc. This is the old classical definition and ft runs through various classifications down to: "7. not bound by authority, orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; Independent in opinion; not con servative; often, specif, having tendency toward democratic forms as distinguished from mon archical or aristocratic . . (the gradual trans formation of the Whig party in England to the Liberal party is cited is instance)." Of course, even in England the Liberal party is no longer "liberal" by any code which Mr. Wallace would accept and it is doubtful (judging by his recent speeches) whether Mr. Wallace would accept even the Labour party as a bona fide substitute. Neither is he happy about Republicans' or Democrats here in his homeland, and when he says at Los Angeles: , "I believe In the two-party system, but one of these parties must be liberal." Well, that leaves us unclear as to just' what Mr. Wallace wants the Democratic party to be, but we take it that m his mind nobody can be liberal unless he believes like Mr. Wallace. Now that attitude might lead us to classify Mr. Wallace as a "bigot," but instead we fly to the tempting new diction ary. We doubt very much If the conservative scholar! who edit the dictionary had Mr. Wallace In mind when they wrote the new definitions, even No 7, but we think they let Mr. Wallace in with that paragraph which begins: "7. not bound by authority, orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy. ..." . That's Mr. Wallace all right. He certainly Is "not bound," to the point of being almost "unbound." Maybe we have wasted too much time objecting to the efforts of "professional liberals" to take this good old Anglo-Latin word to their exclusive use We find that there are 599,999 other words in the new Webster's and perhaps we can find one or two worthy substitutes to cover the mean ings which we have long applied to "liberal" thought. Perhaps Webster's in years to come will mark the old definitions "obs." and add: "8. only those Who stand sufficiently left of left, the favorite designation of seli-approved political crackpots." Some years ago In Washington, D.C., we met an old friend who had risen high in New Deal circlet and offered to take him to a luncheon for an internationally famous en gineer. On the way to the luncheon our friend backed ui Into a corner and whis pered: "Tell me Is this man A LIBERAL?" To which we replied: "Good Oawd, w never thought to ask. Suppose he should turn out to be a Republican. Where do you keep the gas maks'T' Mr. Wallace ii obviously campaigning for 1948, for the Democratic nomination if he can get it, for new party if he cannot per suade all who call themselves Democrats to think ai Wallace thinks. There is a great furor over the Wallace brand of leadership. And we would be the last to deny him the right or to say that he does no good, He preaches tolerance but It is an art which he does not practice. WASHINGTON LETTER By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent . Slow Train Through Arabia WASHINGTON, May 21 (NEA) When Presi dent Roosevelt and six-foot, 300-pound King Abdul Atlc Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia made big talk on an Oriental rug spread under a tent stretched over the deck of a U. S. cruiser at anchor in Great Bitter Lake, Sues Canal, back In February 1045, it sUrted things. Roosevelt gave the king a jeep, a walkie-talkie radio, a wheelchair, and un airplane. There have been reports that Roosevelt also blandly promised to five Ibn Saud a railroad, on which promise the king is now trying to couect. That doesn't seem to be quite the way it Is, but it's a good story, nonetheless. According to the accounts of Col. William A. Eddy, who was then U. S. minister to Saudi Arabia and who acted as Interpreter between Roosevelt and Ibn Saud, the President largely to make conversation asked the king how many miles of railroad he had. Sadly, the king had to admit that since Col T. E. Law rence of World War I fame had blown up the old Hejaz railroad from Damascus to Medina, there hadn't been a single mile of track In the country. Roosevelt allowed that was very interestine. but that sometimes railroads could be very useful. Authority for what haooened next is Richard H. Sanger, now on the Arabian desk in the State Department. He has been all over the peninsula. A few months later the king went to Cairo to visit Klne Farouk of Egypt. On thet trio Ibn Saud knrf M. flraf rlrio on a railroad. He liked it and decided he ought to have one to connect his capital at Rlyad, In the center of the country, with the fea coast, giving him "windows on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea." His Greatest Enemy The Truck There was a little feeling around at first, to see If the U. S. Export Import Bank wouldn't loan Saudi Arabia the money to build Its railroad, but the answer was no. Saudi Arabia was getting nlenty of money from oil royalties. Eieht million dollars this year, $14 million next, an average of 20 million a year for the next five years. If they wanted a railroad, why not buy It? The original transportation was. of course, camels. Thousands of them, taking !1 days and more to reach the coast. Tney nauien aates out from the two-milllon-lree oasis at Hufuf, hauled textiles and such manufactured goods in. Then the kin shifted to trucks. He bought rev. eral thousand six-wheelers from Army surplus. They have balloon tires for sand travel. There are no roads, but every half-mile are stakes. Drivers get to the top of a. sand dune, signt tn next mark er, then take off in that general direction. Lickety- split down hilt so as to get enough momentum to make the grade to the top or tne next oune. need less to say, upkeep Is terrific. Half the trucks are broken all the time, and thev keep Ibn Saud half broke all the time. He says, "The truck is my great est enemy." So last fall Bechtel-McCone, one of the six companies that built Boulder Dam, was hired to survey for a railroad line to run from Riyad to the Persian Gulf, 30(1 miles east. His Great Idea "One-Way Door" The road will hit the coast at Dammam. Though Saudi Arabia has 2000 miles of coast line, it has no harbors. Reefs run out for miles. So to get the railroad out to where It can unload from ocean going vessels, Bechtel-McCone figure they will have to build a six-mile jetty. This will cost $5 million. The railroad itself will cost $20 million. But with three trains run by seven-man crews, the king figures it will be cheaper than trucking. Ibn Saud Is said to like the Idea of the railroad because It's a "one-way door." He has seen all the war movies and been Impressed by the fact that Hitler's trucks roamed France at will even after me rauroaas were mown UD. Also, he remembers what Lawrence did to the Heiaz railroad. So the King won't build roads and will blow up his "one. way door" railroad If he Is Invaded. Eventually, though, he wants a trans-Arabian railroad. Several of the Arab countries have Vippn considering a plan to rebuild the Hejaz line from Damacus to Medina. The klnc wants another lino from Medina to Jidda, on the Red Sea, and from mere east to myaa. Tnis line Is now being sur- Wallace Outlines His Program For Avoiding World War III OUT OF THE WOODS By JIM STEVENS Snaq Mines Now it appears that there are such enternrises as snag mines, and that new ones are being pros pected, opened and developed, because snags have Deen usea at a tremendous rate in recent years ana a snortage inreaiens. My information comes from no less than Ji Marshall, once a Jforthwest journalist and now western editor of the great national magazine, Colliers. Jim now resides in Loj Angeles, and there he has risen naturally to be an Associate President of General Amalgamated International Universal consolidated, Inc., a concern which sells stock In promotions like The Little Giant Snai! Mine, lo cated at uuipepper Junction, Utah. It sounds pretty awn. Liisien ... "As is common knowledge. OPA hit mnnv snncs President Truman ran into considerable number, the Russians helped deplete the supply, and many another prominent name aids In using up snags at an alarming rate. The veins In currently operating snag mines are close to beine worked out. Thev can hardly be expected to supply the snags that will be run into by both the Democrats and the Kepunilcans next year. "Shafts are being sunk In the east transverse of the Little Giant at this time. Veins of big tough snags have been located there. A orettv profit is assured." Talking Tombstones, Ine, Another subsidiary of General Amalgamated International Universal Consolidated, Inc., would seek to carry tha glories and wonders of the famous Roselawn Cemetery of Los Anreles to all corners of the nation. It would Junk the solid tombstone of oldest tradition and replace U with this: "The new tombstone,' say tne stock-selling prospectus, "Is hollow, of plastic, with electric eye, radar and phonograph mechanism concealed there in. When a stroller come within range of the beam. a solenoid is actuated sfartinc phonograph which produces appropriate sound such as angels' hnrps and chimin bells. With attention thus obtained, the music fades and verses or messages arc spoken. One feature of the 3B5YANH model employs sing ing EnlUphs. of which this Is a sample: ".lane utt lies tinner tnis piasiic weigwy, She lit a clg while doing eighty." In this same field stock has been Issued for a romDinv which clans to manufacture The Little Vesuvius Home Crematory Kit. Another enternrlse that asks for no comment Is The Chester Allen Arthur Memorial Cranberry Bog. I have a proposal that Is right up that alley. This Is to develop an Item of popular household use from a common tvpe of bark beetle that Is known to loggers as the roundhcaded borer. As larva It Is highly edible, a morsel as succulent and flavorsome as any Puget Sound shrimp. What Is more. It slns as It works under the bark and in the wood of fir or Pine. Foresters call the round headed borer the "Dennis Day of Timber buts." The roundhcaded borer has a much more Practical appeal than canaries or goldfish, for In Ms larval state he can take his food and drink from his own private chunk of wood, making no trouoie, singing all the while, and than hell make a line Friday dish before he blooms Into a beetle. And so would use yet another item of modern forest utilization! U'fs float that Timber Shrimps, Inc.. Issue without delay. m a? v pit i ft i I Children Get Blame PLASTERING For Train Derailing There la Ne Substitute DECOTO, Cal. ftl.fii Police be- for Good riaaterlnsl "eved Wednesday that children were responsible for derailing the F. R. Barnes li Son y?"- Plastering Contractors KIHW Pbona 17JS-W INUW . Have that old lumpy mat jsaMsaaaesBBaaaiaaaaaaBaaaVB' tress made over Into New yCifaniXO Sleeping; Comfort at- seii smoothing Eugene Mattress & FAINTS VABNISHEf 1 11 i . - enameli Upholstery Co. LI G H T N! N G'S N,w Addrns 1751 w-n,h 1151 Willamette Phono 1311 sme Phon ar River express by placing a con. crete lid on the tracks. Tha express slammed Into the obstruction Tuesday morning, the engine and baggage car derailing and turning turtle. Four persons were injured, none seriously. Twanty-four passengers were sha ken up but refused hospital treatment. Moving, local or long distance. Tadded van service. Eugene Transfer and Storage Co. 6504 Willamette. Phone 160. Gas on Stomach Maaallal UXiTfSi' '''. Sonrni null, 1 til N ll l.l.t.TK lUI... H . .... . - BSrttnamtmtlaKMftritaatkucaarbatt IM BEU4NSfwMdMfMtiei25' SAN FRANCISCO OJJS Henry A. Wallace put forth a three-point program Wednesday to avert the world war which he said would be the inevitable result of the "Truman Doctrine." The former vice president said; a ruinous road to war was being paved by America and Russia alike, which, with other nations, have sabotaged the late President Roosevelt's concept of a united world and turned back to power politics. Our Mistake "Evidently with Russian sup port, some eastern European na tions took actions which helped to divide the world," Wallace said. "Instead of redoubling our efforts for world unity, tha American gov ernment accepted this division and began to think In terms of even tual war." Wallace, now on a nationwide speaking campaign to oppose the "Truman Doctrime," spoke Tues day night to a capacity crowd of more tnsn aoou persons in the war memorial opera house where the United Nations charter was drawn up little mors than two years ago A turn-away crowd estimated at several thousand crowded around a sound truck on the sidewalk outside the build ing. Russia at Fault The Soviet Union and her satel lites cannot be absolved of blame for weakening the structure of the United Nations, Wallace declared. 'The responsibility for that weakness rests on all of us," he said. "Russia sought many ob jectives outside of the United Na tions. Yugoslavia and many coun tries showed little sense of loyalty to the principles of the charter." These actions brought forth a Dlea from American conservatives he said 'asking all countries to join one armed camp against en other." Wallace proposed a three-point plan to abolish the threat of war in a divided world. 1 A military settlemeat provid ing for enforceable world con trol of atomic energy, the interna tionalization of strategic areas, disarmament and the development of a world security system. 2 A political settlement pro viding for "the final liquidation of fascism, settlement of civil war in Greece and China . . . ana growth of a world bill of.human rights as part of an emerging sys tem of world law." I An economic settlement pro viding for a "10-year program of world economic reconstruction underwritten by American re sources end administered by Upied Nations agencies ..." Senior Shows i Fluent Playing By BARBARA HEARTFIELD in. .ant mcv nlavine character ized the senior recital of Patricia Metcalf Chase, presented before an enthusiastic audience Tuesday evening in tne university gon school of music auditorium. Every number on me program seemed well within Mrs. Chase' grasp, technically, intellectually, and emotionally, une naa nit icci ing that her fullest resources were never called upon, perhaps UCtaiUG aa. " played sound so very pleasant. In me more Druuani passages net tone remained controlled, -musi cal. The softer, slower passages were played with the same sure ness of direction. Interpretations were careful, gllve. The program, . ranging from Bach to Ravel, gave a good indi cation of Intervening music history. New Air Firm Ships Strawberries to Bend Three thousand pounds of strawberries were shipped by air Wednesday by a Eugene air freight company. Half the ship ment was flown from Eugene and half from Lebanon, b"th going to Bend. The shipping concern is Tri State Air Freight, now in process of incorporation and at present nnpratin? as a Dartnership made up of Ed Rowley of Eugene and Carolyn Garrett or Arlington, w. Va. Rowley is the organizer of Flowers With Wings, which ships flowers by air. iTIFVB cn-t.n. w rAJUf the largest herd 0f 6tSj ported in Ohio took m,,.' farm of Jacob BhSfMl west of here. Blaiek kKi ? numbering about M4 " mostly of doesjndjg"" FACE COVERED WITH Plffi Miss B. Green. R. . . write "For three ye covered with Urge ptoe' c" eten condition. I eeadajij using them forteewkshli1 relieved: and nnw m :" as a baby's." Cuticura rW? BuyCutjcBraMyourlgj FOPULATION THINNED SAN FRANCISCO U.R Twenty mountain lions were turned over to California authori ties for bounty In February, J. S. Hunter, head of the bureau of game conservation, announced. Wa . Are Saving Others Monoy, Why Not You? Seo us 11 you are planning CEMENT WORK , REMODELING NEW CONSTRUCTION Lou Germain Contractor 307 Hampton Bldg. Fh. 129 FttMl FILM! FILM! yit the Jivt of. XodaUC Tot Best Results Use Kodak Film In tha Familiar Yellow Bex. Have It Developed and Printed where you know that you get the Best. 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