4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Saturday, Dec. 21, 1946
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Barter Scheme Flops
, Efforts of the United States forces of occupation to make
over the German economic system in the American zone
have failed so utterly that a special comnmiee appuirueu uy
i t r.on l.iipina TV Clnv. rlenutv military eovernor, to inves-
titr'ate the results of a barter
September has recommended
was established partly to provide a reguiaiea exuiange
medium for the convenience of Germans and Americans hav
ing things to sell, and partly as a means of curtailing black
market operations.
Dealing in imported United States food, cigarets, cloth
' incr and other necessities, the center became immediately
popular, and has done a flourishing business. Among other
things it has given the Americans a reaay access to many
rare and beautiful pieces of art, at a price. But it has not
operated as a curtailing influence on black market operations.
If anything, it has acted as a stimulus to the illegal trade by
supplying it with an abundance of American goods at low
prices, which articles are resold at exhorbitant prices. It
works this way:
In order to make the barter center attractive to the German
people it is necessary to employ German appraisers who invariably
appraise those articles which the Germans want at low figures,
while objects attractive to Americans are priced sky high. This
results in low prices on clothing and other imports needed by the
Germans, while such commodities as silver, china, glass, etc. bring
fancy prices. The same situation applies to shoes, coffee and soap
all of which are in strong demand on the black market where they
command fancy prices.
Cigarets continue to hold
medium of exchange. A carton of any American brand of
fags brings 45 barter units in
worth 40 cents, and equally in
brings only 22 barter units. At the same time one house dress
was priced for sale at 25 units, a high quality crystal wine
glass was marked 14 units and ordinary radio sets, some
badly used, were priced three or four times as high as a pair
of rare antique candelabra of
The basic principle of the
praisals be made, more or less equalizing values. But it
appears that the Americans are getting two and one-half
times as many units for a carton of cigarets than they can
get for a pair of new high
offered all sorts of trash in exchange for high quality com
modities at prices all out of proportion.
The investigating committee
center was a first class substitute for the black market itself
when it came to soaking the Americans.
Champion of Intolerance
The passing of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, 62, who
recently won a fourth term as
'ise to maintain white supremacy, ends a stormy and colorful
political career. It removes the
of Mississippi for national leadership of racial and religious
intolerance in politics.
r Talmadge was the idol of the illiterate crackers, but his
'last return to power was due to Georgia's peculiar county
unit election system whereby
vided it carries enough counties. The law has since been
upheld by the supreme court.
land again 1940-43. He was both lawyer and farmer and had
.held several state offices. He was given to wearing red sus
penders, taking off his coat, and shouting in the vernacular
of small farmers, among whom he had a great following. He
always put on a good show
; counter charges filled the air.
! Talmadge campaigned for
; religion." His speeches were
quotations Irom the Bible and
f He came into the national picture as a bitter critic of Franklin
D. Roosevelt s ' New Deal. ' He
ment over relief funds; vas an "enemy" of Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, later vice president, and had tilts with Harold
Ickes, secretary of the interior. Ickcs referred to him as "His
Chain-Gang Excellency."
i His attacks in the administration
convention in Macon, Ga., in
adopted a platform for a return
iTalmadge lieutenant called for
dent and adopted a formal resolution asking his permission to
enter his name in the primaries. The convention, however, exerted
no influence nationally.
Talmadge ruled as a dictator, by bayonet as well as by
.law. beventeen times he called
'rials and to quell strike riots,
labor vote he had. His attack
him the governorship lour years ago, and university gradu
ates backed and elected Ellis Arnall.
Too Many Cooks
While the deplorable conditions existing at the migratory
farm labor camp on the outskirts of the Salem airport are
but another manifestation of the evils attendant upon the
general nousing snortage, they are also due m a large meas
ure ko a lack of concentrated responsibility for the establish
ment and maintenance of the camp.
Of the 110 families housed in the temporary wooden bar
.racks perhaps half of their number are not migratory work
ers at all in the sense that they follow the harvests up and
down the coast. That portion of them are simply transient
workers left stranded here and forced to turn to the labor
camp for shelter because they were unable to find anything
else. Under ordinary circumstances their care would logically
fall to public welfare agencies, which probably could have
done no more for them under existing circumstances than is
already being done. That there is no where else to house
them except wholly inadequate facilities of a temporary army
camp is just too bad.
! But for the main portion of those unfortunate people, there
is plenty of room for complaint. They are a part of the army
of wandering farm hands that have "ome to be a regular
pan. oi me narvest neaaacne. They are encouraged to come
into a community when there is need for their services and
to that extent the community and the farmers and food
processing plants who employ them should, if thev desire to
retain their good will, make it their business to see' that those
who become stranded are provided with suitable living quar
ters operated under the direct supervision of local organiza
tions. Because of the migratory nature of such help it is
entirely proper that the federal government should subsidize
local organizations created to fill the needs. But the actual
administration should be localized in order to prevent the
accumulation of such conditions as have arisen here by reason
of the government's neglect of the camps. i
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center established only last
that it be abolished. The center
their place as a most stable
the center. A pound of coffee
demand on the black market,
the finest silver.
barter center was that fair ap
quality shoes, while they are
found out that the barter
Georgia a governor on a prom'
chief rival of Senator Bilbo
a minority vote can elect pro'
He served as governor 1933-37,
and vituperative charges and
white supremacy and "old time
interspersed with rhymes and
appeals to fanatics.
broke with the federal govern
culminated in a "Grass Roots'
January, 1936. The convention
to pre-New Deal democracy. A
"good ol' Gene" to run for presi
out troops to oust public olfi
permanently alienating what
on the state university cost
What To Do?
j By Beck - i
The Fireside Pulpit
Reverend George H. Swift
Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Religious Transportation In 732 A.D., Christianity was at
death grips with the Saracens who swept al! before them in their
march across North Africa, through Spain into France. Had
Christianity been ever so little
when the conquering Moslems all
tand at Tours, Europe would un-
doubtedly have fallen to Islam.
We can only imagine what a
different civilization we might
have in America today had the
cross beer, superceded by the
crescent. We can quite safely
say that the splendid system of
highways throughout the Roman
empire was at least a contrib
uting factor in saving Europe
for Christianity.
We know the importance of
good highways to modern civi
lization; they are Just as essen
tial in the field of religion. The
many different religions in the
world are highways to God,
Buddhism, Toaism, Zoroastrian
ism, Judaism, or the many other
religions, ancient and modern,
are roads upon which peoples
travel in quest for the eternal
God. We believe, of course, that
some of these roads are better
than others. "In the fullness of
time," Christ established and
laid out the Christian highway.
He taught his followers all about
it and they were instructed by
Christ himself to teach others
about the highway to God. So
well have they carried out his
ps Dorr
By Don
Had a nightmare last night
dreamed there was going to be
a white Christmas.
Now Salem has joined that
unique class of cities, villages, et
cetera in which a locomotive has
been stolen. Yep, sure enough,
stolen, carried away and as yet
unreturned vanished in thin
air, as it were. When a customer
was examining a mechanical
train at the Salem Hardware
store the other day with an idea
of purchase the sale was nipped
in the bud. It was discovered
somebody had swiped the engine
His Music Doesn't Soothe
This Savage Breast
Dear Sips:
For ten years now, come Mi
chaelmas, I havo read your col
umn with profit and enjoyment,
but my loyalty was vastly shak
en Thursday evening upon en
countering your incredible trib
ute to the singing voice of Bill
Carver, the picketing troubador.
I contemplate with dismay the
possibility of your appointment
as the C-J's music critic. I bow
to no man in esteem of Bill
Carver. I hail his many virtues,
value his friendship, and esti
mate his grin as worth $2.00 of
anybody s money on a tough day.
I deem his strength, lii.e that of
Sir Giilnhad, is as the stre"ith of
ten because his heart is
pure, but by the beard
of my grandsire, sir, I maintain
Novell ie
(Br tut Associated Pre)
Santa on Strike
Los Angeles, Dec. 21 lP)
Bundle-laden Christmas shop
pers paused for a second look
when they saw Santa Claus
marching back and forth in
front of a department store.
As he paraded, the Santa
passed out candy kisses to
children from a bag slung over
his shoulder, and on the bag was
a sign reading:
"This store is unfair!"
He was a picket.
Sweet Co-eds Sour
Grand Forks, N. D.. Dec. 21
VP) The girls at the Kappa Al
pha Theta sorority house are
drinking their coffee straight
for a while.
Two houseboys, William
Weight and Phillip Dahl, set out
to spread salt on the icy side
walks in front of the sorority.
They had 22 pounds well dis
tributed before they discovered
it was sugar.
weaker than it was in 732 A.D.,
but crushed them in their last
wishes that hundreds of millions
of people are traveling it where
ver it has been extended into all
parts of the world. The older
religions had and certainly have
their purpose and place. They
are at ieast by-ways or secon
dary highways. Until one is
converted to traveling the
Christian highway, he had bet
ter cling to his own. Religious
freedom entitles each one to
travel the highway in which he
has the most faith; it bears no
responsibility for those who
leave all highways and flounder
about through uncharted i
gions, hoping that through good
luck they may some day stumble
upon God.
The Mp.gi searched for the
way to God through the guid
ance of a star, the Jewish sheph
erds through the voice of an an
gel, both groups were success
ful. God has many ways of
making us conscious of his pres
ence and His way of life for us.
May we be diligent this Christ
mas season in our quest for
God!
Supper
Upjohn
that as a singer he Js a flat fail
ure. The word flat is used ad
visedly. I denounce, in ringing
syllables, the dubious motive
which actuated you in confusing
his voice with that of Caruso,
and believe you to be in grave
danger of a clout with a sock
full of spaghetti should any true
Neapolitan appear in this area.
I have seen strong men totter at
the impact of one of Bill's high
C's at thirty paces, and am con
vinced that in. encouraging his
indiscretion you are increasing
me nazaras or uourt street pe
destrians. (Signed) Leo C. Dean.
Frank Zinn is observing his
iom year ol mail carrying come
this Christmas time and, as usu
al, he's wearing a sprig of mis
tletoe in his mall carrying hat
in a direct line over his nose.
And, he confesses, during the 26
years he's had the bait hanging
out it hasn't hooked a smack.
"But, by gum," opines Frank,
"I'll keep on trying; no Zinn
has ever been discouraged by a
mere 26 years."
Chewing gum seems to be a
futile pastime, a lotta work and
getting nowhere. But it's done
all right for Mr. Wrigley.
Plane Carries 50 Pianos
Chicago, Dec. 21 (U.R) Offi
cials of the Rudolph Wurlitzer
Co., De Kalb, 111., said they
would ship 50 pianos today
from Chicago to Los Angeles on
one plane. They said it would be
the largest air shipment of
pianos ever made.
Because of a paper shortage
during World War II, students
at Yenan University in the Chi
nese communist capital often
took notes on the back of Jap
anese propaganda sheets.
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By DeWitt MacKenzie
(AP Foreign Affairs Analyst)
British Prime Minister Attlee's
announcement in the house of
commons yesterday that nego
tiations soon would be under
taken looking to the independ
ence of Burma one of Eng
land's treasure houses precipi
tated a brief but highly sig
nificant debate between the im
perialism of a rapidly passing
day and the socialism which is
its antithesis.
Attlee's statement brought
Winston Churchill to his feet
with the pungent and colorful
charge that the prime minister
was speeding the decline and
fall of the British empire." The
old Tory maestro was in a rare
oratorical form, which means
that so far as the deft manipula
tion of words is concerned he
was in a class by himself.
Still, to many, his was a voice
echoing the past and declining
to recognize the march of time
Of course one can understand his
feeling, for as he pointed out
Appalling Says Churchill
We have held Burma since
1885. I have always followed
its affairs with attention, be
cause it was my father who was
responsible for the annexation
of Burma."
Churchill's father one of the
great of England's aristocracy
was secretary of state for India
at that time. The Churchills
were empire builders, and proud
of John Bull s endless posses
sions. So one can realize how
Churchill felt when he flung
at Attlee:
"This haste is appalling
scuttled is the word, and the
only word that can be applied."
To this the prime minister re
plied with a line which speaks
volumes to those who recognize
that the days of imperialism are
past. Attlee said:
"The government of this coun
try has not been too fast it
has been too slow."
Could Be Cut Loose
The implication there is plain.
Had England acted sooner, per
haps her chances of keeping
Burma and India within the
commonwealth as sovereign
states would have been better.
Attlee said he has expressed
similar hopes for India. As mat
ters now stand there is no as
surance these oriental countries
may not cut loose entirely from
the mother country.
But whatever they decide, we
must recognize as the Attlee
government does that the day
is past when different races can
be held together by imperial ties
alone. The British dominions
are bound by blood a natural
union. But there is no such bond
between the English and the
Burmese or the Indians. The
same can be said of the Nether
lands and the Dutch East In
dies or of any other imperial
hook-up in which a "mother
country" tries to impose its will
on peoples of another race.
Hobby Gardener's
Pamphlet Published
"The Hobby Gardener's
Guide," a well edited and print
ed pamphlet sponsored by the
Men's Garden club of Salem was
placed in circulation this week
after several months of prepara
tion. Articles have been con
tributed by the membership,
the subject matter covering the
control of insects, use of hu
mus and fertilizers, the propa
gation of many varieties of
plants, shrubs and trees as well
as notations of the experiences
of the gardeners.
The pamphlet of 82 pages,
printed on book paper, was pro
duced under the supervision of
the editorial board consisting
of James M. Glass, editor; John
E. Black, format, and Ernest Iu-
fer, technical adviser.
Navy Man Discharged
Monmouth Nelson Whelchel
Jr. has arrived in Monmouth
following his discharge from the
navy. He had been in the ser
vice three and one-half years
and had been stationed in the
South Pacific area prior to re
ceiving his discharge. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Whelchel of Rt. 1, Monmouth.
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Death of Talmadge Precipitates
Bitter Fight Over Governorship
Atlanta, Dec. 21 UP) Eugene Talmadge, newly-elected governor
of Georgia, died today less than a month before his scheduled
fourth inauguration. The 62-year-old champion of white suprem
acy succumbed quietly at Pied-
mont hospital where he had lain
in a cum since last night.
Funeral services were tenta
tively scheduled for Monday at
Talmadge's home town of Mc
Crae. Death of the governor-elect
before taking office unprece
dented in Georgia presaged a
bitter political fight for the gov
ernorship. Authoritative sources
said the constitution appeared
to require continuance in office
of Talmadge's political foe,
youthful Ellis Arnall, possibly
until another governor is elec
ted four years hence.
Sources high in Talmade coun
cils, however, said the legisla
ture also by constitutional pro
vision had the right to name
an alternate governor, and fore
cast election of Talmadge's son,
Herman.
If Arnall should refuse to sur
render office, these sources said,
impeachment proceedings would
follow.
There is no . precedent in the
state, but the constitution pro
vides the governor shall remain
in office until his successor ii
qualified and elected. The legis
lature which meets in January
formally elects the governor,
Talmadge's death was announ
ced simply by a physician who
stepped from the governor
elect s room and said:
"He died at seven o'clock."
Talmadge first was stricken
with a stomach hemorrhage in
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 4, and
twice he was pronounced better
and dismissed from the hospital.
He entered the hospital for the
last time Nov. 29, and has been
improving until last Sunday
when he suffered a relapse.
Two days ago his physicians
said he was suffering with an
acute inflamation of the liver
cells possibly caused by the ad
ministration of plasma and pro
nounced his condition critical.
He had received much blood by
transfusion since the first
hemorrhages.
Members of the Talmadge
family, including his wife, son
and campaign manager, Herman,
and two daughters, Mrs. Bill
Kimbrough and Ms. Charles
Smyly, were near his bedside
when the governor-elect died.
Rowes are Tendered
Farewell at Slayfon
Stayton Bidding farewell to
Harry J. Rowe, manager, and
welcoming Robert Stewart as
their new manager, occasioned
a dinner party at the Bon Ton
for employes of the local Moun
tain States Power company.
Short talks were given by
Stewart and by Rowe, who has
been with the local plant for the
past 27 years. Plans were also
discussed for the formation of
a Kilowatt club to be made up
of employes and their families.
Present were Mr. and Mri. Harry J.
Rowe, Robert Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. C.
oreenouKh, Mr. and Mrs. R. a. Wood,
Mr. ana Mrs. KODeri uomorowsKy, Mr.
and Mrs. Marc Landon. Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Wenchensky, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Samek, Shirley Bates. Misses Maxlne De
Jardin and Dorothy Titus, all of Stay-
ion; Mr. ana Mrs. Curtis Cllne, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Shuey of Mil City: Mr.
and Mrs. Vardle Shelton of Jordon; and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Badger of Sclo.
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Hold Homecoming
Monmouth Members and
guests of the IOOF lodge gather
ed in the club rooms for a so
cial evening, program and home
coming. About 130 were pres
ent for the program, under the
direction of Chairman W. A.
Weist, who served as master
of ceremonies. Group singing
opened the program, followed
by two vocal solos by Robert
Thompson. Miss Ann Baker pre
sented two vocal numbers. Nov
elty tap and clog dances were
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presented three zo-year jewels,
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other two in absentia to S. C
Halladay of Couer d'Alene, Ida.,
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