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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, June 13, 1945 Capital Journal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemeket St. Phones Business Office 3571: News Room 3572; Society Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM, FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PBESS AND THE UNITED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatcher credited to it or otherwise credited In this paper, and also local news published herein, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CARRIER: Wecklv, $.18; Monthly, $.75; One Tear. 19.00. BY MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly, SfiO; 8 Month.. J.1.00; One Year. $6.00. United State Outside Oregon: Monthly, $.60; 8 monthR, $3.80; Year, $7.20 German Gratitude Sigrid Undset, the distinguished Norwegian author, a No bel prize winner for literature, in a letter to the New York Times, regarding .fraternization of American soldiers with the Germans, cites the experience of Scandinavian countries following the first world war and warns against Americans incurring the gratitude of Germans for favors extended. Miss Undset recalls that thousands of homeless German children were taken to the Scandinavian countries, fed and nursed back to health and normal childhood. In the Nether lands the kind-hearted Dutch cared for more than ten thou sand and they were not "little fiends" like some of the Nazi children; most of them were "sweet and affectionate." She continues : "When they relumed with the armies of occupation, a lew refused to fight against the countries of their foster-parents. But most of them were perfectly willing to serve as guides to the soldiers who moved to take our fighting units from the rear, as interpreters at Gestapo questionings, in the management of in dustrial and business enterprises which were now to serve the German war effort. When their former foster-parents shut their doors to them, they felt hurt and cruelly misunderstood. They accused us of having betrayed them when we arose to defend our countries, for the kindness of the Norwegians and the Danes, the easy-going atmosphere of our schools, had made them expect we would accept our fate as conquered nations tranquilly." When Hitler decided the Germans must put guns before butter, the Scandinavians were flooded with letters from their former German wards, lamenting their dire distress. So money was sent and "Liebesgaben," five pounds a month of butter, cheese and candy. Norwegians whose sons and daughters had studied in Germany sent to the families with whom they had lodged ; authors, journalists, teachers, doc tors, skilled workers sent to their German colleagues. Thousands of parcels went to Germany every month. Thousands of German "Wandervoegel" (tourists) hiked with a rucksack and camera for luggage and ten marks ($2.50) all the money they were permitted to take out of Germany and expected to Scandinavians to feed, house and clothe them, which they did. The author adds: "They made camera studies all over the country. They were spies, probably every single soul of them. But they felt hurt and double-crossed when we, who had seemed so friendly, did not quietly accept our place in their New Order. Since they have a word for it in their language, I suppose the Germans have some Ideas about gratitude, but they are so unlike the Anglo-Saxon or Scandinavian people's. So, a well-wisher of America can only say, may you never incur German gratitude." Germany's Program for the World Swiss dispatches state that a group of Germans awaiting eventual repatriation in Berne, have revealed outlines of the German plans for economic empire and the systematic sub jugation of the world the "charter for conquered Europe." Some of the program is documented with photostats. The original draft was elaborated by Hitler in September, 1942, just before Stalingrad and has been kept up to date by a monthly review of specialists under Dr. Walter Funk, eco nomics director. The "charter" consigned to the scrap heap European cul ture, economy and morale. Schooling for the vanquished countries was to be halted after the fourth grade for girls and the sixth grade for boys. "Religion" was to be sub mitted to a "thorough overhaul, since historic examples have amply demonstrated its power of fomenting resistance." A German state organization would have "rationed" Euro pean supplies throughout the world and the economics and industries of the "vanquished nations" were to have been rationalized along lines of an immense conveyer belt system, the factories being grouped regionally. The Germans them selves would serve only as overlords and the subjugated peo ple as slaves. War damages would be governed by the cost of conquest which was to be levied on each country proportionately. Each German soldier killed was to cost a capital payment of 25,000 marks indemnity to Germany and a like amount for his family. Wounded were to receive pro rata payment of a similar sum, the whole to be financed with "loans from Germany repayable only in raw materials, manufactured goods or agricultural produce." It is to be hoped that the Allies will apply to the Germans some of the methods Germany originated for the rest of the world in settling the reparations problem. Sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander. Out of Your Pocket Scarcely four months after a similar proposal was re jected by the voters, the Salem Electric cooperative and its manager, Harry B. Reed, are back asking the people of Salem to underwrite a special low-cost electric rate for certain downtown business establishments by approving n special franchise which will permit the co-op to dispense electric power in a segregated area of 30 blocks in the business district. If they succeed in thus subsidizing a power service for a group of hand-picked business clients, it will be up to the rest of the city, principally the domestic users of electricity, to make up the deficit which will accrue to the private utility serving the rest of the city. These HO blocks, comprising the heart of its system where facilities are compact aiui customers can be served cheapest, represent the cream of the private company's business. It is the larger margin of profit there which enables the company to serve its resi dential patrons at nominal rates. It docs not necessarily follow that loss of this premium business will mean an immediate increase in residential rates, but the loss will certainly be reflected in the company's inability to continue its progressive reductions in its rates for home users of light and power. Salem Electric is not a publicly owned utility. It is a private enterprise, operated wholly for the benefit of the manager, its other employes and its members. If the city of Salem at some time in the future should decide to engage in the business of dis tributing and selling electricity, it would be compelled to buy out two competitors instead of one utility system if this franchise is approved. The prudent citizen will vote 503 X No at the special election Friday, June 22. Transfer of House Units Not Protested Portland, June 13 The Portland housing authority said yesterday it has agreed not to protest transfer of up to 1,200 dwelling units from Vanport, Ore., to Bremerton, Wash., in the next six months, with the reservation that complaints may be entered during the six months period should conditions change so as to make the units Editor and Publisher necessary at Vanport. Harry Freeman, Portland housing authority executive di rector, said no dates had been set for transfer of any of the units. Silverton Mrs. Marion Mac Neill Girard of Albany return ed to her home from a four day visit in Silverton at the home of her brother and sis-ler-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. Wil liam MacNoill. By Don If these sorla cold mornings keep up maybe the American Legion can add some interest ing features at its Fourth of July celebration scheduled for Marion Square, such, as fcr in stance, maybe a ski slide and the boys and girls at the carni val maybe will be able to throw snowballs at the darkey's head instead of the proverbial base balls. Word comes from Germany that the non-fraternization or der handed out to keep the sol diers from chumming up with the Germans isn't being ob served very well, especially the edict against the boy meets girl type of fraternization. O well, boys will be boys, as has (been always known, whether they are at home or abroad. But it also Novelties In the News (Br the Associated Preu) Bare Facts Seattle The customers knew there wasn't any use asking butcher Tony Travelli for meat. Tony ran clear out of sup plies so he just mounted the skeleton of a lamb in his show case and prospective patrons chuckled and passed on. Education Roswell, N. M. "We didn't know," six boys told Sheriff Pat O'Neill when they were caught shooting rabbits by auto head lights. "All right." the sheriff told them, "I'll let you go if you each write a 1000-word essay and read it in English class next fall on the subject, 'The New Mexico law on firearms.'" Snake Lime Milwaukee One bus driver didn't have any difficulty in getting passengers to "step to I ho rear of the bus." The passengers made a bee line for the rear and right out 1 lie back exit when a small boy permitted a half dozen harm less garter snakes to escape from their shocbox container. Authoritative Omaha, Neb. Claude C. Cornwall, Omaha's new war relocation authortiy officer, says his most difficult job in the coming months will be to find homes for additional Japanese American families expected to move into the area. Cornwall is an authority on house hunting, He hasn't been able to find a place for his own family. ni'i.iiiiJii'ii.MJHiiiimuM.'ii I IChrUkty mm Ty3' fhm pota or tTmJ I yur wonty Itocfc 16c.S0r$l.M I If t all 4nt cMtr ,J J Upjohn seems to be the case that girls will be girls, whether German or American. If the American army has some wolves on the prowl in the Rhlneland it's a safe bet that there are also some wolverines on the prowl. While indications point to there being a short diet in this country in some respects dur ing the coming summer, how about the Japanese Diet. It simply gave up altogether and now there isn't any. The cells for the new wom en's and children's ward at the county jail are being installed and a steel drill has been work ing over there today to put the steel cell blocks in place. Members of our FT & BA can juggle up a few memories if they want to by standing out side and listening to the drill. It sounds just like the one that works in a hollow tooth. When Every Man Was His Own Juke Box (50 Yrs. Ago in The Dalles Chronicle) "In the cabin and on the promenade deck the young peo ple had gathered into groups and the customary old-time songs were sung. It doesn't matter much when everybody is in a good humor, how old the songs are or how badly they are sung." Rumors about Camp Adair are now flying around as thick and fast as the rumors about when the war would end were flying around three months ago. Most folks are willing enough that none of them come true if this part of the war ends even before they have a chance to come true. Bishop Dagwell Progressing Well Portland, June 13 ii Rt. Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, Espiscopal bishop of Oregon, was reported "doing well" in a Portland hospital today after major surgery. He was expec ted to be confined several weeks. 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But they say nothing of the two or three classes of men in reserve and in war plants that now face active duty. With the end of the Okinawa campaign and the arrival of the monsoons in southeast Asia, we probably are entering a period of great preparation rather than great deeds. The possibility (and it is only a possibility) of some action to help the Chinese on the mainland coast was dis cussed in this column recently. Continued activity in the Indies is likely, but the recapture of Java probably depends largely on the speed of the Borneo cam paign and whether or not Java can be invaded before the forc es required will be needed for the Tokyo job. The Japanese have important forces some say 250,000 men in Malaya, Indo-China and Thailand. The British can be expected to continue and en large their Burma campaign in this direction, with the possi bility of some help from the Chinese to the northeast. But any major action there between now and September will be hampered by the rains. 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Marines from the Klamath Falls marine barracks, sailors from Astoria, Tillamook and Bremerton, and army units from Vancouver and the Portland air base will participate in a pa rade which is to feature the city's two distinguished guests, Pfc. Gene Gagnon of the marine corps and PHM2 c John M. Bradley of the U. S. Navy. Sidelighting the day's events in honor of the two Iwo Jima flag raising survivors will be the arrival over Portland of a navy blimp from the Tillamook air base. Flashlight CRAFTSMAN HOE 1 .29 Fnrgred steel blade, . wide, nnd t3-foot Feleet hardwood handle, sanded, waxed, and polished. Cor rectly balanced; well con structed. SPADING FORK i 69 Four 11" tempered steel tines. 30 hardwood handle. Heavy steel and wood "D" fiTip. 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