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3Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1946
Capital jkJournal
SALEM OREGON
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GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher
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Britain May Lose Press F reedom
Needled by the opposition press, the Eritish Labor govern
ment has appointed a royal commission to probe the British
newspapers, their financing, control, management and own
ership. Most of these facts are already well known, for press
ownership in Britain is much more highly concentrated than
it is in the United States. Some of the labor leaders, smart
ing under criticism of the opposition press, claim that the
news is distorted to suit the desires of the "press lords," and
desire to break up the publishing empires now in the hands
of titled members of the Conservative party, who control the
big chains, who are accused of monopolistic tendencies.
The "press lords" together control newspapers with an excess
of 25,000.000 circulation. Lord Kemsloy owns six Sunday papers,
five weeklies and 16 dailies. This string of publications has a
combined circulation of over 10,000,000, largest in the world.
Lord Rothermere owns 14 dailies, two Sunday newspapers and six
weeklies. His Daily Mail has over 2.000,000 circulation and his
Evening News exceeds 1.000.000. Lord Beaverbrook's London
Daily Express has over 4.000.000 circulation, three olhnr dailies
and one Sunday newspaper. Lord Cameron owns the Daily Tele
graph, with a circulation of over 1,000,000 together with the Daily
Financial Times.
According to Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, who spoke for the
Conservatives in Commons, the Labor government has'news
papers with a circulation of 7,470,000 to match the 7,655.000
daily output of newspapers opposed to the government. The
only newspaper officially pledged to support labor is the
Daily Herald, 49 per cent of which is owned by the Trades
Union Congress, but the London Times supports the policy
of the government in office; the News Chronicle, organ of
the Libertal party, with 2.000,000 copies daily; the Daily
Mirror, 2,500,000 daily, and the Communist Daily Worker,
with 100,000, support the laborites.
An investigation of the press by the Economic Planning
commission eight years ago concluded: "So Jong as the
fierce competition for circulation goes on, there is no like
lihood of a monopoly or a ring in Fleet Street."
Probably the intent of the socialistic Laborites is to con
trol the press and abolish its freedom, to reduce it to the
status of newspapers printed in totalitarian lands. Inasmuch
as the British Labor government has nationalized or proposes
to nationalize the transportation systems, the coal mines,
electricity and other industries, probably nationalization of
the press will be next on the list. That's the way socialism
works.
Need for Rent Ceilings F ading
With the need to bring rent ceilings down to what are
considered fair charges over most of the nation, talk of
boosting top prices for home and apartment rentals give
promise of establishing a legal level approximating a sched
ule of rentals so high nationally ns to bring what are con
sidered overcharges in the Salem area into a valid status.
Such a boost in the metropolitan areas which control
rates throughout the country if carried out as anticipated
by housing administrators would validate a good two-thirds
of the overcharges spotted by Ol'A agents in their prelim
inary operations here. Predictions by federal housing au
thorities, including Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt, are all
to the effect that rent ceilings must be increased on the
average if the objectives of the veterans housing program
. are to be achieved. Subordinate officials in the housing
administration have declared, in the light of President Tru
man's action in abolishing all controls over building mate-
! rials, that higher rent ceilings are vitally essential if Wyatt
is to succeed in his promised "big drive," although Ivan D.
! Carson, OPA deputy administrator for rents, insists that the
; shortage of housing units for rent is due principally to the
attractiveness of the sales market rather than rent levels.
J Testifying before an American Legion housing committee
i in Washington last week, Carson declared he did not believe
', the number of available rental units would be increased by
; relaxation of rent ceilings and other controls. The owner
: would still rather sell than rent, he said, because of the
' unprecedented sales prices being offered. He also said that
i there is need, unfortunately lacking impetus, for regulation
, of sale prices on existing homes and apartments. Landlords,
; Carson insisted, have "plenty of incentive" in existing rent
i schedules to operate profitably.
; It is pretty well established through existing registration
of landlords at the Salem office that fully 00 per cent of the
'. rental units in this area are even now' within the ceiling
1 limits set up by Ol'A. Any further increase in ceiling heights
would exclude all landlords in this area from the profiteering
; class, except a few deliberate gougers.
i A Plea for Cooperation
President Truman in his Armistice day news conference
! statement made a most conciliatory bid for cooperation with
; the new republican congress, to which the GOP leaders re
- upended cordially, especially on foreign policy, though with
some qualifications on domestic problems. As the president
pointed out, unless such cooperation between the legislative
.'and executive branches is forthcoming, serious difficulties
; are threatened, and he warned against attempts "to tamper
. with the public interest in order to achieve personal or par
' tisan advantage" which applies to democrats, such as Henry
. Wallace as well as republicans. He pledged:
"I shall cooperate in every proper manner with members of the
congress and my hope and prayer is that this spirit of cooperation
will be reciprocated."
; As to nation's foreign policy it has been developed and
executed on a bi-partisan basis, with members of both parties
.participating in preparing and carrying it out. a national and
not a party program, the new congress can not do otherwise
than to continue to carry it out without losing face in the
'nation as well as with the United Nations.
The president answered suggestions by Senator Fulbright
and others that he resign because of the democratic defeat
at the last election by stating that under the constitution
congress is the law-making body and that "as the people
have chosen to entrust the controling voice in this branch
of our government to the republican party, I accept their
verdict" but he added that under the same constitution, the
executive branch had been entrusted to him, and promised:
"To do in all cases, from day to day, without rcRard to narrow
political considerations, what seems to me to be best for the wel
fare of all our people. Our search fo - t,;,t welfare must always
be based upon a progressive concept of government."
Santiam Rebekahs
Holding Festival
Mill City Santiam Rebckah
lodge voted to hold the annual
harvest home at the next meet
ing, November 20. Members
also voted to have a gift ex
change at the Christmas party.
May Mason, who has spent
the past three weeks in Califor
nia, reported on her visit to the
Santa Rosa district convention,
which she attended as district
deputy president of the Mill
City Rebckah lodge.
Drill team practice has been
called by George Mason, drill
captain, for the night of Novem
ber 15.
Parental Problems
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By Don Upjohn
MUM
Election is now a whole week
away but you can still tell a re
publican by looking at the grin
on his face. The grin has been
a long time away from the pub
lic trough.
Overheard a couple of women
talking this morning and one
of them was expressing regret
that she'd hustled out and got
all her Christmas shopping done.
"I don't know what 1 11 do for
fun between now and Christ
mas." she remarked. If many
folks have done the same thing
there'll be a lot of people who
Novelties
There are more than 20,000
motion picture theaters in the
United States.
(By the Associated Press)
But Patients in Pain
Philadelphia UP) A thief per
formed a successful operation
on a door, an icebox and a food
locker at a medical fraternity.
Jefferson medical college stu
dents surveyed the loss a bak
ed ham, roast beef and other
food items and ruefully admit
ted the operation was a success.
Those Scalpers Again
Elkhart, Ind. Wt In an ef
fort to control a scalp ringworm
epidemic Elkhart authorities
have been placing stocking caps
on Infected school children and
directing them to remain away
from school.
They learned that some of the
uninfected pupils, hoping for a
vacation, were offering ring
worm victims from 10 to 25
cents for the stocking caps.
Auditions Out
Tulsa. Okla. (Pi For nearly
six years Fred Jones, automo
bile dealer, worked to obtain a
radio station. Finally came the
day of dedication for KFMJ
and there were greetings on the
air from Tulsa civic, business
and political leaders, but none
from Jones.
He awoke to discover he'd
lost his voice and could manage
only a husky whisper all day.
People's Choice
Mankato. Minn. 'Pi Sheriff
Elect Erwin F. (Mickey) Date
says that since his election a
week ago he's been kept busy
answering telephone calls.
And, he said, not all of the
callers were congratulating him
on his election as Blue Earth
county sheriff.
Most of them wanted to rent
his apartment when he moves
into the sheriff's quarter in the
county jail.
To Attend Western
Steles Conference
At the annual meeting of the
council of state governments of
the 11 western states to be held
in San Francisco on Thursday
and Friday, November 21-21!,
at the Cliff hotel. Marion coun
ty will be represented by W. V.
Chadwick, member of the legis
lature, who is chairman of the
house committee on Interstate
cooperation. George Aiken,
state budget director is general
chairman. This committee is
composed of five senators and
five house members of the as
semblies of the 11 states in ad
dition to five state officers.
Other Oregon assembly mem
bers who have signified their
intention to attend are: Sena
tor Walter Pearson of Multno
mah; Carl Francis of Yamhill,
Alex Barry, Multnomah. R. C.
Frisbie. Baker.
George Neuncr, attorney gen
eral and Arnie J. Suomela. mas
ter f' .h warden will be present
for the sessions.
An estimated 5,700.000 Euro
pean Jews were killed bv the
nazis during World War II.
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won't know what they'll do
for Christmas gifts to buy be
tween now and Christmas.
Incidentally was talking to
Alex Jones, the men's shirt ex
pert, this a.m., and he opined
that it wasn't so much a mat
ter of production that was mak
ing it hard for men to secure
shirts but the fact that so many
more people had so much more
dough and were buying every
thing up in sight as it came
along. Alex said shirts have
been produced in just as big
quantity as in the prewar years
but they evaporate so fast when
they come into the market it
doesn't seem as though there
are enough to go around. Come
to think of it, it has been several
years since we've heard one guy
say about another, "He's such
a good guy he'd give you the
shirt off his back." It would be
a pretty generous guy who'd do
that these days. But, come to
think of it further, while we've
heard that said about many a
chap as far as we can remember
we never saw anybody doing it.
The only time we've ever come
near it is when the little wom
an has copped some out to give
to a rummage sale.
It seems that Walt Erickson
has turned out another cham
pionship football team at Wil
lamette and this is his first
year as coach and he succeeded
in doing it without even in
heriting the good old crying
towel that Spec Keene used to
use to such advantage. Of course,
Walt did inherit a lot of foot
ball knowledge from Spec, hav
ing been under the tutelage of
that old master. Yea, it looks
as though Walt may be in for a
long and prosperous reign on the
Willamette gridiron and more
power to him.
Parking places around the
downtown section of Salem to
day were as scarce as happy
democrats. Wonder what it will
be when folks can really begin
to buy some new cars?
By Dewitt Mackenzie
(AP Foreign Afftirs AnslTSt)
Thee; are grave problems al
ready waiting in the foreign
field for that cooperation which
has been promised between
President Truman and republi
can congressional leaders under
the new set-up resulting from
the national elections.
This is the most critical hour
in international affairs since
war's end It is with good rea
son that the chief executive
characterizes the foreign policy
as a "national and not a party
program," for peace is in the
ba'jnce i
The western world has come
to look on Europe as providing
the greatest danger spots per
haps because we are close to
them and there's no doubt
about their seriousness. How
ever, den't forget the Pacific,
for the Far East is as full of
explosive as an atomic bomb,
and if fate decrees that we must
have another war it may come
out of the Orient quite as easily
as from the familiar whelping
grounds of conflict in Europe.
This Question Delicate
One of the delicate questions
revolves about the American
proposal to place Japanse-man-dated
islands and other former
enemy islands under a United
Nations trusteeship with the
United States as the administer
ing authority. Indications from
Moscow are that Russia will re
ject this proposition. The offi
cial Soviet news agency, Tass,
refers to it as a "United States
attempt to make a huge part of
the Pacific with a huge number
of islands its own strategic zone
which may be bound up with a
plan preparing for future war."
The allegation gives us the
key-note to this whole involved
Asiatic problem, centering about
Korea. This country of some
85,000 square miles (a little
more than a third bigger than
New England) is small in size
but mighty In strategical value
so much so that It long has
been a pawn in the Asiatic game
of power politics. Control of
Korea vas one of the chief
causes of the Russo-Japanese
war of 1904-5, as it had been
of the Chinese-Russian conflict
a decade earlier.
Divided Korea
Now v e find Korea divided in
two at the 38th parallel, with
Russia in control of the north
ern portion, and the United
States of the south. That 38th
parallel is like a Chinese wall
to the unhappy country. The
north is the industrial part of
the state and the south the ag
ricultural. The Russians permit
no traffic between the two, and
Korea thus is in a bad way.
President Roosevelt, British
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill and Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek at a secret meeting in
Cairo in November of 1943
agreed that Korea should be
made free and independent "in
due course." But the way things
now stand she is looking at in
dependence through the big end
of the telescope.
All the signs are that the So
viet intends to stay right where
she is in Korea, which is a
mighty buttress to her great
Siberian port of Vladivostok and
to the Manchurian ports of
Dairen and Port Arthur in which
Moscow is vitally interested.
Under the 30-year friendship
treaty signed by China and Rus
sia in August, 1945, Dairen was
to be a free port, open to all
nations, but administered by
China. The great naval base of
Port Arthur was to be used
jointly by Russia and China.
Just as Russia intends to stay
where she is, so there are no
indications that Uncle Sam in
tend? to decamp. Thus the only
easement of this "impossible"
and highly dangerous position
can come through simultaneous
withdrawal of both countries
after a cut and dried agreement
that assures Korea independ
ence. That's a tougher situation
even than the Jap islands.
Motor vehicle accidents ac
counted for 28,600 deaths in the
United States in 1945.
Red Cross Has Busy
Month in October
The monthly report from the
home service department, Mar
ion county chapter, American
Red Cross, reveals a total of
231 cases opened during the
month of October, with 197 of
those acted on being for ex
servicemen. The financial as
sistance division in the report
shows more than 85 percent of
the help given was extended to
veterans and their families.
During the month, volunteers
gave 18 hours of service to the
department. The report was
turned in by Miss Kathryn Mc
Kinnon, director of the home
service department, to the No
vember meeting of the chan.
ter board of directors Monday
evening S,
The service extended includ- 1
ed more than 20 classifications
covertfifc financial help, assist
ance in filing claims for vet
erans, aid to dependents of vet
erans, consultation and guid
ance; and under civilian help
one disaster case where a home
had been burned.
The Babylonians had a nu
merical system based on 60 in
stead of 10.
Underground Sprinkling
Systems . . . We Have Ma
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HOME ECONOMICS DIRECTOR, FISHER FLOURING MIUS CO., StATTlE, WASH.
"MAKE FRUIT CAKE NOW says Mary Mills
Mary M.tir Dark Fruit Cake,
thotrn here ti wonderful to tervf
wbro guest i drrp in during the holt
d'VS. At fruit ctkt improves with age
it ii none too toon to make it now.
Recipe below make J loam 7xjx2
inchci or 4 loam 1x4x3 inches:
Seeded Raiuns
Currants
Candied Orange Teel
Ctt ron
Candied Pineapple
Candied Cherries
$w DARK FRUIT CAKE
XT i Ibi.
5' it.
fc. Si jb.
S., 2 cup
1 IK
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I crp.
W& 1 tp.
fit? ' up
fc,' I cup
Cream shortening. Add sugar grad
ually, creaming until light and fluffy.
Beat eggs until thick and add to
creamed mixture. Add molases. Sift
and measure Fisher's Blend Flour.
For darker-colored cake, brown half
the flour in slow oven, being careful
not to burn. Sift flour with salt,
biking powder, soda, and spiers Add
flour mixture alternately wuh coffee
and fruit juice to shortening mixture,
stimhg well after each addition- Add
fruit and mix well. Bake in loaf pans
lined with heavy (unwaxed) paper.
l'nlrs paper is extra-heavy, use dou
He thickness. Greaie both paper
pan. Fit paper to top of pans. Fill
pans nearly lull ttb batter. Bake at
r " F. 2 to hours, depending upon
sire. Let cool in pans ( minutes. Then
remove cik from pans but leave in
paper. Vhen cakes are thoroughly
coo!, wrap well in waxed paper and
store in tin box. Moisture increases
and flavor improves on storing.
ti round Annies
Shortening or 2 cum
cups , Brown Sugar
l:i$s (about 2 cups)
thins. Mnlas
tbVK C"P HSHrR'S BLEND
FLOUR
M3 2 tps. 5oda
wv. I Op- iinnamon
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Mace
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Hot Strong Coffee
. Tart Fmit Juice
I t. . .i t
ai dark raisins, it desired. Slice candied
(run finely or use 1 lb, prepared
ilW vmiwj ppirs or use appie-
Jty ttuct. t-wribine iruits thoroughly.
I Hour h
BAKE COOKIES, CAKES
FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING
This year, more than ever, home-
baked cakes and cookies will be wel
comed gifts. They are tasteful ei-
pressions of your friendship . . .
gifts that prove your thought fulness.
Miry Mills sug$sts fruit cake as
an especially tunable gift because it
keeps well, packs easily and has
fcittit jlator in Keeping m-ith the
spirit of the season. Plum pudding.
too. ii highly acceptable.
Homemade cookies, of course,
have always been favored for family- i
to-family giving. This year, with J
'sugar and shortening scarce, they I
will be more highly priied than ever
tnd home-makers, everywhere, will
take special care to assure the good
ness of the cookies they bake. Of
mjfor importance n the flour used.
says Mary Mills: for successful jiJJ
nouaay Dining oi ill Rinds- you cao
icpeni on Fisher's Blend. The quality
f this famous flour helps to safe
guard other preckms ingredient. Be
ure to look for Fisher's Blend Flour
tt your frocer's."
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