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J 4 Capital Journal. Salem,
Capital Journal
SALEM, OREGON
ESTABLISHED 1888
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The Big Three Conference
The conference of the Big Three at Potsdam differs from
the San Francisco conference in that it is primarily a war
. conference and very properly veiled in secrecy while the
latter was a peace conference and the entire proceedings
openly conducted, as they should have been. Even then it
was more hindered than helped by the conflicting reports
and carping of press and radio observers and commentators
seeking discord with their warped viewpoints. Military de
cisions cannot be publicized lest they aid and forewarn the
enemy.
The press generally seems to think that the Potsdam parley
is a public debating society and that its global strategy
preliminaries should be publicized before decision is reached.
For instance the Portland Journal says there is "no occasion
for secrecy at Potsdam," and continues:
"President Truman. Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal
Stalin are meeting in the common interest of all the people whom
they represent. And those whom Ihey do not represent, too, are
looking to them for leadership. Thus it is of utmost importance
that the news of the conference be given freely and frankly to the
world, and promptly. There have been enough of things in the
dark. Let there be light."
Before any decisions can be reached, there must be many
discussions to agree on a common policy and co-operation
insured by a give and take policy for harmony. When final
decisions are reached on other than military strategy the
conference will unquestionably announce them, and when
the meeting is over a complete report issued, for all the three
governments concerned realize the necessity of securing
: public support.
The American conference delegation in its first progress
I report on the deliberations of the Big Three announced that
; the work of the meeting is going ahead steadily and that
i "much serious business has been done," though no details
) of the nature of the discussions were given,
f President Truman in his speech at the symbolic flag
'raising at Berlin adhered to the traditional foreign policy
; of the United States when he said:
i "We are raising this flag In the name of the people of the
- United -Stairs, who are looking forward to a better world, a
' peaceful world, in which all the people will have an opportunity
' of enjoying peace and opportunity. There is not one piece of
territory or one thing of a monetary nature that we want out of
this war. We want peace and prosperity for the world as a whole.
We want to see the lime come when we can do the things in peace
that we have been able to do in war. If we can put this tre
mendous machine of ours, which has made this victory possible,
lo work for peace we could look forward to the greatest age in
the history of mankind. That is what we propose to do."
We can rest assured that Mr. Truman and probably both
Mr. Churchill and Mr. Stalin will co-operate to the best of
their ability to solve the tremendous problems before them
and reach the best possible solution, which, if not perfect,
will be far ahead of anything yet attempted and leave the
way open for subjects deferred for future action.
Two Discoverers
; The Oregonian and Governor Karl Snell have made two
great, if somewhat belated discoveries. The Oregonian has
discovered that slot machines are being operated in Port
land, and the governor has discovered that while their sup
pression is primarily the concern of local law enforcement
officials, "the executive department has very definite ob
' ligations and responsibilities" as regards their illegal oper
ations. J It took a new crop of these one-armed bandits, fresh off the
i "factory production line," gay in their lacquered coloring, to
e attract the Portland newspaper's attention to their illegal exisl
J ence. An enterprising reporter, admitting knowledge of their
existence in clubs "and those establishments where people are
i wont to gather and express opinions on the relative merits of
bangtails or distanct trackage," found the "cute" new devices
blossoming further in beer parlors, lunch counters and combina
: tions of lite two. He also found them in poo) halls and card rooms,
north end resorts and tobacco counters in hotels and other loca
; tions. And along with the slot machines he found punch boards,
jail of which the Oregonian adjudged to be news of first page
. importance. .
, Governor Snell's discovery was of the second hand variety.
Commenting upon the Oregonian's revelations, the governor
recalled that "several months ago I forwarded to local offi
, cials of several counties a list of those counties in which
machines were alleged to be operating and at which time I
'.called attention to provisions of the law which placed re
sponsibility on local officials." At that time the governor
promised that if investigation revealed such conditions to
',exist and local officials did not correct them he would lake
f action. He also inferred that his office would keep in touch
with the slot machine situation from time to time and see
to it that the laws were enforced.
; As usually happens, the illegal devices disappeared from
"sight almost overnight when the governor made his first
I announcement. But the echoes of his warning had scarcely
died out before the machines re-appeared. In Portland they
'. have been operating openly and almost continuously for
-months. In Lincoln county and other couties they have
; appeared in such numbers as to practically drive out licensed
' pinball machines. All of this is known to the state police
and other officials, yet it takes a blast of publicity to move
enforcement officers to act.
Through his liquor commission and its authority to issue
licenses to beer parlors and other places selling beer and
wine, the governor has an effective wcaixm for suppressing
illegal gambling devices. Ninety precent of the slot machines
are operated in places holding beer licenses, and operation
of these machines could be ended by refusing licenses to
places operating slot machines and punch boards.
Franco's Appeasement
General Francisco Franco, Fascist dictator of Spain, has
reorganized his cabinet with a purge of Falangist party
(Facist) ministers, in an evident effort toward a restoration
of the monarchy and reapproachment with the Allies and
to perpetuate himself in power.
London reports state that Franco is preparing to proclaim
the nine-year old Alfonso Jaimase, grandson of the exiled
King Alfonso, king designate and appoint himself as head
of a regency to administer Spain until the boy monarch
'reaches his majority.
In the first major government shake-up since the civil
war, Franko ousted nine of his 13 cabinet ministers and
abolished the post of Falangist party secretary-general who
held the cabinet post of minister without portfolio. The
position was not. filled. The latter's chief opponent, who
helped steer Spain away from the Axis, was also ousted, as a
conciliatory gesture to the Falangist movement. The head
.'of the Catholic action party replaced him as foreign minister.
; It is doubtful if Franco succeeds in appeasing either the
Allies or the Spanish republicans, socialists or communists.
;The old exiled democratic government is reported reas
'sembling in France for another Spanish civil war and the
; overthrow of Franco.
Oregon, Saturday, July 21, 1945
Editor and Publisher
The Fireside Pulpit
Reverend George H. Swift
Rector, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Mlessed Are The Peacemakers In the broad sense, peace mail
ers are not only the few who gather together to rearrange bound
aries and plan world-wide economic systems. Peace makers are
also the armed forces which prosecute the war to a successful
conclusion. Peace makers are all the peoples of the nations who
support all efforts to clear the';
way for a just and lasting peace.
Peacemakers are all those who
create a public opinion strong
enough to influence rightly the
decisions of our leaders. You
and I by our prayers and the
united prayers of millions of
olhers can have a voice in cre
ating and maintaining interna
tional security.
The peace that is envisioned
will fail if it is based entirely
on sentimentality or human
emotion. Scripture attests to
the frailty of human nature
"man is as prone to evil as the
sparks fly upwards" therefore
we must not again attempt to
establish a peace which does
not lake this fact into' consider
ation and make provision ac
cordingly.
When we have declared that
all men are brothers, we musl
not then assume that all men
everywhere will always behave
Novelties
hi the News
fBjr thf AJoeltd Press!
'Or Stand on Your Head'
Harrisburg A sign at an
elevator in a state office build
ing reads "Ring down if you
want lo go up."
The signal device got out of
what recently.
Boo!
Topeka, Kas. Lighl refrac
tion and vivid imaginations
caused Topeka residents to see
what they described variously
as a sagging balloon with dang
ling anchor chains, a May basket
in the sky and a puffy while
inner tube 2000 fect above the
city.
Sleuths tracked the chimera's
string to the quarters of Italian
prisoners of war at Winter gen
eral hospital and found the ob
ject to be & white, three-stick
kite.
Naughty
Cheyenne, Wyo. Albert, an
18-inch alligator, slipped out of
hie box In a Pullman car the
other nisht and slithered in. !
out and around lower berths
while eight trainmen coaxed.
Albert, who had been pur
chased in Florida by a train
passenger, finally was captured
and put in a large bucket of
water.
Lady to the Rescue
Salt Lake City "Those
dumb woman drivers." a pedes
trian muttered as he leaped to
the curb to escape an oncoming
car.
What he didn't know was that
Mrs. Grace Hyde. 30, had seen
th? car start down the hill with
out a driver, jumped Into the
front seat and stopped it.
Tunc in Sundays
The Old Fashioned
Revival Hour
RS1.M, 10-11 P.M.
ImarnaMonni Ootptl
BrMdclll
CbarIM K. fallal, DlrftlM
as brothers! We must have a po
lice force not only international
law but a fervent desire upon
the part of an overwhelming
majority of people in the world
lo keep peace. The encourage
ment of democratic principles
Si
for
By Don
A transport load of soldiers I
yoo-hooed at General Ben Lear I
and from what we can find out!
all the general did was to Lear
back.
"The horn of plenty is rapidly
being filled in this wide spot of
"God's green footstool," says the
Mill City Enterprise. The edi
tor should keep quiet about this
or maybe the OPA will find out.
There's Our Armory, Too
(Roseburg News-Review)
"There is an unshakable con
viction that one of the first
major items of business on the
big three agenda at Potsdam
is the allotment to the Roseburg
armory of a captured cannon to
replace the one contributed to
the war effort."
Little Al, the very young off
spring of Dr. Terry King et ux,
has been taking swimming les
sons out at Leslie pool and the
instructor has been getting some
fear of the water out of his little
head. So among other stunts in
the course of instruction is to
have the lad sit under water at
the bottom of the pool. But Al
couldn't exactly see it that way.
He complained to his parents,
"I thought I was taking lessons
so I could learn to swim on top
of the water and not just to sit
on the bottom."
When the rain bathed our
streets this a m:, and also green-1
up a little more of that parlicu-
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STUDIO ALSO IN DALLAS
based on Justice and human un
derstanding, and the further
ance of economic security for
all men are at least two of the
foundation stones of enduring
peace. In other words, the
true basis for peace in the world
lies in the practical application
through international order of
the Christian principles of
brotherhood in terms of dem
ochacy and economic justice.
May the God of peace work
ing through the prayers of the
peoples of the nations give our
leaders at conferences and peace
tables the wisdom and courage
to make decisions that Chris
tian principles may triumph and
wars cease.
upper
Upjohn
lar portion of God's green foot
stool, heretofore referred lo, it
came as a very welcome change.
But we bet a referendum would
show that all and sundry in
these parts would be glad to sur
render up any share of the rain
which may have dribbled down
here and have same transferred
over on the forest fires and en
virons. We hope there is plenty
to go around so they'll get a
soaking over the week-end that
will wind up all that sort of
business in a hurry and keep it
wound up.
Tires for civilians are now be
ing promised by around Janu
ary or February but we bet for
a lot of same it will be the old
story of too little too late.
A Use for Water Found at Last
(Monmouth Herald)
A Monmouth woman came in
to the shop recently. She said
her radio was bothered with
static which interferrcd with
things she wanted to hear. No
one seemed to be available to
look into the matter so she de
termined to try a few schemes
of her own. Out of doors she
found where the ground wire
was fastened to a pipe driven
into the ground. She poured
some water on the pipe. It
worked. No more static. There
may be a hint in this for others.
At any rate this one woman was
quite jubilant over her accomplishment.
rieVar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An Interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press wax correspondent.
Admiral Takahashi, retired
Japanese naval commander-in-chief,
says his country's sea and
air forces will go into action
soon and that the "day of vic
tory" is rapidly approaching.
It perhaps has no special sig
nificance that this survivor of
the mikado's hara-kiri club does
not say whose day of victory Is
approaching whether it belongs
to Nippon or to the allies but
he needn't labor that point. We
already know that Japan is
walking the last mile. The only
thing in doubt is when we shall
administer the cope de grace.
The Japanese sea and air
fleets presumably will come into
action, provided our air bom
bardment doesn't compel sur
render. But they will be fighting
defensively to try to delay our
amphibious invasion of the
homeland. As remarked in a
previous column, they are fol
lowing the Hitlerian strategy of
battling for time in hope that
some fluke will save them.
Much Depends on Stalin
Great things depend on
what Stalin is saying to Presi
dent Truman and Prime Minis
ter Churchill in Potsdam right
now. Observers on the scene be
lieve that both America and
England are pressing for the
quickest possible action to end
the Japanese war. If that is so,
it presumably means that they
are using their best arguments
to bring mighty Russia into the
conflict for a speedy clean-up.
The Jap plan of defense, as
seen by many military experts,
is fourfold. First, of course,
comes a last ditch stand against
invasion of the mother country.
Their remaining sea fleet now
reduced to a shadow of its for
mer self and their heavily de
pleted sky navy will figure in
this, perhaps to the last ship and
last plane. The Japanese coast
undoubtedly is heavily mined
and the defenses are formidable.
Then we shall have to face the
army, and of this Veritas, Brit
ish official military commentat
or says:
"The Japanese home army,
some 2,000.000, backed by the
home guard, will fight literally
to the last- man unless (and it
is a possibility) hunger and hu
miliation of failure causes their
morale to become brittle."
Situation Hopeless
But that's only part of the
story, for Japan's eyes were
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matter of conquests. She bank
ed on the axis to smash the al
lies, and so she overran every
thing in sight. The result is that
her forces and resources are
hopelessly divided and must
fight separate actions.
It is clear that the Jap war
lords havg written off Indone
sia as lost, but have ordered
their garrisons in the various
theaters to fight suicide delay
ing actions. This involves French
Indo-China, the Malay penin
sula, Singpaore, Sumatra, Java
and the small part of Burma still
in their hands.
They have abandoned south
western China, and their strat
egy for the rest of the continent
appears to be this: they will hold
strongly along the southeastern
coast, especially in the Shang
hai theater. They will attempt to
defend northern China along
the line of the great Yangtze
river. And of course they will
hang onto Manchuria for dear
life, since that is their block
house for defense against Russia.
Test Classes
Al Willamette
A special service for the bene
fit of the department of public
welfare, the county health de
partment and other agencies in
terested in children, will be
provided this summer by Wil
lamette university's department
of education, under the direc
tion of Dr. Lawrence A. Riggs. J
The university class in individ
ual intelligence testing will op
erate a clinic during the balance
of the summer semester, a pro
gram that will include the test
ing of more thaa 175 children.
Following the tests, written re
ports will be prepared on each
child which are to be placed in
the hands of the appropriate
welfare workers to be used in
their conferences with the child
concerned.
This testing program also pro
vides an opportunity to dem
onstrate Banet testing proced
ure for the benefit of teachers
and counsellors of young people
who seek experience in testing
and desire a greater understand-
SANDWICHES AND COLD DRINKS
Salem's Only - Willamette Valley's Finest
7 Mile West on Dallas Highway
OPEN ALL NIGHT
(CLOSED TUESDAYS)
We Will Also Continue
CHICKEN and STEAK DINNERS
(NO BEER SOLD)
Ing of the use nf tests In coun
selling. In commenting upon this serv
ice, Dr. G. Herbert Smith, pres
ident of the university, pointed
out that there were few placcl
on the entire Pacific coast
where such a program for chil
dren is available.
Blowguns up to ten feet long,
made of rigid native woods,
have been used by primitive
savages on Borneo, Palawan,
Sumatra, endemic to the Phil
ippine islands, to kill birds and
beasts for food.
The Roman Catholic faith was
brought to the Netherlands East
Indies hundreds of years ago
by the Portuguese; and Pro
testantism later by the Dutch.
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