4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1946
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Enemies of Production
The three most stubborn enemies of American production :
labor, asleep on its feet, the backward-looking capitalist,
and the bureaucrat, seeking to regulate everything, combine
to bring about the confusion which the nation faces today.
That, at least is the diagnosis of our economic ills as pro
nounced by Robert R. Young, fighting chief of the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad, for the readers of the November
issue of Atlantic Monthly.
Of the three, Young unhesitatingly places chief responsi
bility on government, or too much of it, which he describes as
eventually being all-consuming. "If advancing statism, 'for
the good of humanity,' continues to come thus, and only
intelligence, integrity, and determination can stop it no one
will lose more than labor, just as in war and inflation no one
pays more than labor. Yet, there are labor leaders demand
ing price control, just as there are labor leaders in the fore
front of every war party."
Confessing most of the past sins charged to capital and
attributing them to shortsighted policies, Young admonishes
labor not to lead into the same mistakes.
Management's record in proving what can be accomplished
through effecient operation illustrates its capacity to anticipate
and voluntarily meet the demands of labor establishes the fact
that capital would have been wiser "to have accepted unionization
and thus have averted the Wagner Act. Capital might also have
been much wiser to create its own railway retirement act, its
own social security act, its own housing authority. It is paying
the bill why not have earned the gratitude?" He further sug
gests that capital still might join forces with labor in working
out the problems incidental to a program embracing medical
care, long range housing, and employment insurance.
In this field of potential joint action to insure better rela
tions capital is beginning to realize "that the welfare of
the employe and his respect for his employer have not only a
dollar-and-ccnts value, but an important insurance value as
well." Young admonishes labor that while it has "a shorter
history of excesses than capital, it too should reexamine
itself. Work rules that reduce initiative or productivity, or
increase costs, come out of labor as certainly as taxes."
Young also admonishes labor out of his own experience
against the folly of some of its tactics in its public relations.
Among the tactical blunders to be avoided he mentioned:
"Quarrels between labor leaders which break out in jurisdic
tional strikes should not be recognized as strikes but for what they
are, intolerable breaches of the public peace. Rcstrainers of trade
and levelers of individual opportunity and reward should no more
be tolerated in labor than they are in capital. ... A minimum
wage, without even a minimum of effort, is communization in its
most destructive form." 1
Both capital and labor in their mistaken haste to run to
the government with their grievances are chided by Young
as being "as naive as Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf
is waiting to gobble them both up."
These tactics, says Young, of scrambling for legislation
or political favor may result in temporary gains for one or
the other, "but in the end the board or the court will make
the finding that suits the state. Well selected appointees
are ambitious, and the higher appointments stem from
chores well attended to. The vote seeker who yields quickest
to labor is the office holder most likely to harm.
The time for labor and capital to get together is now, when
both are fearful of legislation adverse to their interests.
For, as Young observes, "every dime that capital or labor
stands to gain at the expense of the other, it stands to lose
dollars by the ever expanding area of errors by the state."
The Roosevelt Foreign P olicies
Henry A. Wallace is stumping the Pacific coast ostensibly
In the interest of democratic candidates but really in behalf
of a Russian appeasement policy for the advocacy of which
and his antagonism to the Truman-Byrnes foreign policy he
was fired from the cabinet. Mr. Wallace holds that the
United States has no more business in the political affairs
of eastern Europe than Russia in political affairs of Latin
America and that our efforts to get a guarantee of fair
elections in the Balkan countries was rude interference in
their affairs, another case of "needling" Russia, "so different
from the Roosevelt policies under which we got along with
Russia."
On the contrary the Truman-Byrnes foreign policies are
the same as the Roosevelt policies and a continuation of the
late president's ideas as well as the ideals of the Atlantic
Charter. On his return from Yalta, in his address to Con
gress explaining the agreements reached with Russia and
American interests in political affairs of the eastern Euro
pean countries, Mr. Roosevelt said :
"The three most powerful nnlinns (Russia. U. S. A., Britain)
have agreed that the political and economic problems of any area
liberated from Nazi conquest, or any former Axis satellite, are
a joint responsibility of all three governments. . . . They will
endeavor to sec to see to it that interim governing, and the
people who carry on the interim government between occupation
by Germany and true independence thai Mich an interim gov
ernment will be as representative as possible of all democratic
elements in the population, and that free elections are held as
soon as possible thereafter. . . . Responsibility for political condi
tions thousands of miles away can no longer be avoided, I think,
by this great nation, . . . The world is smaller smaller every
year. The United States now exerts a tremendous influence in
the cause of peace. . . . We will continue to exert that influence
only if we are willing to continue to share in the responsibility
for keeping the peace. It would be our own tragic loss if we
were to shirk that responsibility."
It is the abandonment of these Roosevelt policies and the
giving to Russia the sole right to interfere and dictate the
adoption of communistic policies in the soviet satellite nations
that Mr. Wallace is now championing to aid promotion of
Russian imperialism.
Actions You Re,gret
By Keck
Open Pin Removed
From Baby's Throat
Chicago, Oct. 20 (Pi An open
safety pin which Kathleen Mo
ay swallowed nine weeks aco
when she was about one month
old was removed yesterday in
an operation at Children's Me
morial hospital. The pin was re
moved from her right bronchial
tube. The baby was brought
here by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Molay, from their
home in Wilmington, Calif., for
the operation. Hospital attend
ants said she was "resting easy."
Milking Shorthorns
Take Blue Ribbons
Lebanon R. G. Stearns, well
known local cattle breeder,
showed all winners at the Pa
cific International livestock ex-
Mrs. Louiza Attacked
By Runaway Girl
Klamath Falls, Oct. 20 (
Mrs. Kathryn Louiza, superin
tendent of the Hillcrest Indus
trial Home for Girls at Salem
was beaten on the head with a
shoe here yesterday by a 15-year-old
runaway she was driv
ing to Portland from San Fran
francisco. Police here reported the girl
was subdued by two other girls
Mrs. Louiza was taking to the
industrial home. A police of
ficer then drove the party to
Salem and Portland.
position in Portland, bringing
home blue ribbons for each of
his three milking shorthorns
Steams has been a successful
breeder of milking shorthorns in
the Lebanon area since 1930.
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Sp fosp Supper
By Don Upjohn
"On the positive side Gover
nor Snell has qualifications
which entitled him to a second
term," says Charley Sprague in
his column. Strange, we don't
remember of Charley ever mak
ing any such remark about Earl
when Earl was running for his
first term as governor.
The ballot title on the ques
tion on the city ballot as to
whether or not parking meters
shall be allowed on the streets
of our fair municipality is fixed
up In such a manner it takes
a quiz kid or somebody who has
a master's degree in the art of
solving puzzles to decide where
to put his X. After discussing
the matter with an expert, we've
reached the conclusion that if
you want parking meters here
in town then you vote "No" on
the ballot and vice versa. Ordi
narily one would figure if such
a question came up as to whether
you wanted parking meters or
not you'd vote "yes" or "no"
on that question and be done
with it. But that isn't the way
it's being done. We'd say that
parking meters have a couple
of strikes on 'em before any
votes are cast. Anyway, folks
need something downtown if
they're going to find a place to
park most any time from dawn
to dawn.
rogatives of childhood, like the
belief in Santa Claus or the myth
about the stork and that the
very little boys and girls are
entitled to their fun and it would
be a very hardhearted person
indeed who would move to de
prive them of the same. We
join with her in this, and cer
tainly agree that the children
should have their modest quota
of fun, that they be allowed to
wear the most ugly masks con
ceived by the mind of man, and
any sort of old clothing that the
home wardrobes may yield
with one exception. If any of
them start wearing their moth
er's current hats we balk and
withdraw all our moral sup
port. There are some things that
folks are entitled to be protected
from, even on Halloween.
There's no telling what might
happen to some folks of gentle
heart and retiring spirit, if they
answered the doorbell and found
one of those hats staring at them
from out of the night.
Otherwise, little children, go
out and have your fun and God
bless you every one. Besides,
it gives us an excuse to buy
some trick or treat candy with
the hope a little will be left
over for next day.
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By DeWitt Mackenzie
lUPi Foreign Affair Analysli
If you were the British gov
ernment, what response would
you make to the demand that
100,000 European Jewish ref
ugees be admitted to Palestine
forthwith?
That's not an easy question to
answer, is it looking at it from
the standpoint of say Prime
Minister Attlee? I dare say
John Bull would give a hand
some reward to the one who
could supply him with what he
regarded as a satisfactory solu
tion. John is in an unhappy posi
tion. He's going to be damned
if he dees, and damned if he
doesn't. On the one hand he
has President Truman urging
that Britain carry out the rec
ommendations of the Anglo
American commission on Pales
tine that at least 100,000 Jews
be allowed to enter the Holy
Land immediately. On the oth
er are King Ibn Saud of Saudi
Arabia, and other Arab lead
ers, who are battling Jewish
immigration. There even have
been threats from influential
Arabian quarters that if Brit
ain throws Palestine open to
immigration, the Arab popu
lation of the Middle East will
turn to Russia for support this
being a threat, to England's in
fluence in that strategic area.
Job for Wise Men
One of the first points we
encounter in examining this
troublesome problem is what re
lation, if any, there is between
the immigration of a hundred
thousand Jews and the estab
lishment of a Jewish state in
Palestine. We must admit im
mediately that the creation of a
Jewish state will tax the skill
of the world's sages. However,
broadly speaking it would seem
that the matter of the Jewish
state and this limited immigra
tion aren't strongly related.
Some experienced observers
feel that addition of this num
ber of Jews to the population
wouldn't have any material ef
fect on the bigger issue. If we
were talking about half a mil
lion immigrants, it would be
different.
Apart from the political as
pect, 100.000 refugees wouldn't
place a burden on the present
Jewish-Arab population of the
Holy Land not with the help
vhich they would receive from
England and America. Then too
we must remember that these
distressed folk are homeless and
A lady called to utter a plea
on behalf of the very small tod
dlers who like to go out on Hal
loween night, attired in gro
tesque masks and equally gro
tesque clothes found discarded
in their mothers' closets, punch
doorbells and mutter "trick or
treat," when the doorbell own
er responds. She says there are
some folks who are protesting
against this practice and would
deprive these very little folks
of one of the great joys In life
while their older brothers and
sisters go out the same night on
more dubious errands. She says
she believes that this "trick or
treat" system is one of the pre-
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Bare-Handed
Twin Falls, Idaho m Bob
Robertson hunted pheasants for
two days without any luck.
Yesterday he went to his field
to gather corn stalks to dec
orate the American Legion hall.
A pheasant jumped from under
his feet right into his hands.
Rattled on Snake Hunt
Evanston, 111. uVj An excit
ed woman telephoned police and
said a four foot snake, coiled
and ready to strike, was on a
lawn in Dempster street.
John Hoffman, the depart
ment's dog catcher, sped to the
scene. He approached cautious
ly as he spotted what appeared
to be the reptile the woman had
reported. It was four feet long,
five inches in diameter and had
10 rattles.
Hoffman fired one shot and
the snake exploded into a dozen
pieces. Hoffman picked up a
piece of the snake's stomach
and read "Made in Texas." The
snake was made of .plaster of
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want to be with their own peo
ple a very natural desire. I
know how they feel about that,
because I talked with many of
them in Germany early this
year. They all wanted to go to
Palestine because it meant
"home" to them. Considera
tion must be given to that plea.
Now it would be worse than
foolish to think that the Arabs
don't mean business in their in
sistence that they have their
place in the Palestine sun.
Ever Present Threat
However, having spent con
siderable time in the Middle East
during the past 30 years, one
takes the liberty of doubting
whether the Arabs would resort
to arms, or yet call on Moscow
for support, over the matter of
further Jewish immigration
which was guaranteed to be
moderate pending adjustment of
the whole situation. There al
ways is danger of racial riot
ing in that part of the world,
but organized war is another
thing.
Naturally it is essential that
Britain retain the good will of
the widespread Arab popula
tions. However, John Bull
equally needs the friendship of
the great and powerful bodies
of Jewish citizens in England,
America and other countries.
So, looking at the things from
all sides, one wonders that John
doesn't feel impelled to make
the gamble of opening the doors
to these 100,000 displaced per- J
sons. The odds are that he
could make this handsome ges
ture to a needy people without
creating fresh hazards for him
self. There are times when we
must lake chances, and this
would seem to be one of them. !
More Storms Feared
By People of Alaska
Nome, Alaska, Oct. 29 W)
Residents of this far north com
munity today faced the possibil
ity of new storms even as they
sought to locate two men feared
to have been lost in last week
end's icy blasts.
New storm warnings were
posted last night as south and
southwest winds whipped up to
gale velocity after diminishing
from their 60 - mile - per - hour
speed during the day.
(The steamship North Star
was reported stormbound at
Port Clarence, and the Oduna
stormbound at Naknek. Both
were en route south.)
The two men, Emil Laurin
and Ernest Balsinger, were un
reported since the Lincoln hotel
collapsed at the height of the
week-end storm which damaged
18 buildings.
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