Capital journal., March 24, 1947, Page 4, Image 4

4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Mar. 24. 1947
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A Dog's Life
s By Beck .,
Just Kidding Themselves
If the lawmakers who are responsible for the proposal to
amend the state constitution to provide for a definite dura
tion of the regular biennial legislative session have the idea
that they can thereby create in the public mind an alibi for
the failure of the 1947 assembly to get more than one piece
of major legislation enacted in 70 days, they are kidding
no one but themselves. No one else who has watched their
progress will be deceived.
The reaction of the public to the 60-day limit for regular
sessions at $10 a day for the full 60 days will be prompt and
positive, especially when the voters have had time to scan
the record of the 44th assembly and weigh it carefully.
The only outstanding achievement they have to show for
those 70 days is an unprecedented program of salary in
creases for elected state officials and non-classified mem
bers of their personal staffs. To crown that record with the
request that their own pay be increased from J8 a day for
50 days to $10 a day for 60 days is almost ridiculous enough
to be really amusing.
Well founded or not, there are stories circulating around
the lobbies to the effect that the session has been deliberately
prolonged to make the case for the sales tax as the sole re
maining untapped source of major revenue the more im
pressive. That fact could have been as well established 30
days ago or even earlier.
The emphasis laid upon the importance of balancing the
budget was just so much hooey, for the balance, if achieved,
will only exist on paper. It all depends on what the pepole
do to the sales tax on June 24th. If they approve it with
their ballots the state will be swimming in revenue, and the
most cherished dreams of the cities and counties for new
tax income will have been answered far in excess of their
wildest dreams. Even the school teachers will for once
have obtained their objective with a fair margin to go on.
W W W
If the good people of Oregon fail to be impressed with
how really desperate the situation is and turn thumbs down
on the sales tax as they have done five times before
house and senate leaders who have assumed responsibility,
along with Governor Snell, for the financial program set up
by the 1947 legislature, will really have something to worry
about they and the other half dozen potential governors
and United States senators who have been cluttering up the
legislative landscape. .
That is when the tight shoes of responsibility for this
mess will begin to pinch. There will be an irresistible de
mand for a special session of the same lawmakers who have
botched things up so thoroughly this time. The irony of
uch a situation exists in the fact that such a special session
could legally endure only 20 days for each of which they
could only collect $8.
Hoover Dispels Illusions About Germany
In his third report to President Truman on his economic
mission to Germany and Austria, Herbert Hoover outlined
a program he said would promote Germany's exports, re
lieve American taxpayers of the burden of relief and speed
the recovery of Europe. The program would include a Ger
man industry free of foreign ownership but subject to a
contral commission, the cessation of the removal and destruc
tion of plants, except direct arms plants, and the continua
tion of the Ruhr and Rhineland as part of Germany.
Declaring that production was "the only path to recov
ery" Mr. Hoover said the productivity of Europe cannot be
restored without the restoration of Germany as a contrib
utor to that productivity. He accused the Russians and the
French of creating some of the difficulties to fulfill the
provisions of the Potsdam agreement for economic unity in
the four allied zones, as both the Russian and French zones
are "producing industrial commodities which would relieve
necessities in the Anglo-American zones and could contribute
to exports with which to pay for food, for the United States
and Britain through relief as paying Russian and French
reparations." His four point economic program for Europe
Is summarized as follows:
"The difference between this concept and die 'level of industry'
concept (agreed upon March 26. 1046, by the United Slates, Great
Britain, Russia and France) is the saving of several hundred mil
lions of dollars a year to the American and British taxpayers.
It is the difference between the regeneration and a further degen
ration of Europe.
"2. The removal and destruction of plants (except direct arms
plants) should stop.
"3. A further obstacle to building Germany as an essential
unit of European economy arises from the Russian government's
acquiring a large part of the key operating industries in their
zone. Germany in peace must be free from ownership of indus
try by a foreign government. Such ownership can thwart every
action of control or of upbuilding by joint action of other nations..
German industry must be operated by Germans if any interna
tional control is to work, if she is to recover production and is to
serve all nations equally.
"4. There can be no separation or different regime of the Ruhr
or Rhineland from the new Germany. That is the heart of her
industrial economy. Any control commission can dictate the des
tination of coal or other exports from that area and even such
control would not be needed after the area of scarcity passes from
Europe."
As the United States and Britain are contributing $600
minion a year to prevent starvation of Germans m their re
spective zones alone, the necessity for some such nmo-rnm
opposed by both Russia and France is imperative, not only
for economic reasons but as a necessity for peace, which can
not long be delayed. The Russian zone produces a surplus
of food Used elsewhere. Both Russian nnH Frpnrti 7niiP im
producing industrial commodities that could be used in the
Anglo-American zones to help pay for food. Mr. Hoover
says it is an illusion that Germany can be reduced to a
paMorai state ana lie selt supporting as well that Europe
can recover without the economic recovery of Germany.
vyui cmci ffime?,mmi is giving goon anvice.
SSI wA iy .'AWT WINDOW SHOPPING MORfJV ,
Sips for Supper
By Don Upjohn
We hear the good old Salem
cherry fair of other years is to
be revived for 1947. It's like
picking up a hunk of the good
old days and dropping it back
into the laps of the boys and
girls. Incidentally, we happen
to have before us a little hand
ful of voles cast for Emily Nerod
for cherry queen and goddess
of liberty for the Salem Cherry
Fair of 1913 and if we remember
right Emily became such and
ruled right regally. Whether
they had cherry fairs after that
recollection does not serve. But
Royal Anns never looked so roy
al, Bings so full of bing or re
publicans so black as those they
showed off at ye old cherry fairs
and in those days we doubt if
there was a worm in a carload.
We hope if they have the fair
they'll also make arrangements
with Hallie Parrish Hinges to
dish up at least one solo. No
cherry fairs were complete with
out her.
His Kingdom for a Horse
(Gladys Shields In Jefferson
Review)
Ernie Henningsen is the proud
possessor of a new posse horse, a
purebred Palomino gelding. To
appease his wife, he also brought
home a bouquet of carnations,
and allowed her to order new
linoleum laid in the kitchen and
to buy a new electric range and
refrigerator. The Boss didn t
bring us even a little-bitsy pack
et of flower seed when he came
home with a new car. But
we're larnin'.
Elfsfrom Proclaims
April 7 Army Day
In a statement to the public
Monday Mayor Robert L. Elf
itrom set apart April 7 as Army
day and April 7 to 12 as Army
week In Salem, In conformity
with a national movement.
"As a token of gratitude to
the personnel of the armed forc
es of the United States who have
lo recently achieved victory in
the greatest of all wars, and
Who now stand as guardians of
World peace and security, Mon
day, April 7, 1947, is hereby of
ficially designated Army day
and the week of April 7 to 12
as Army week in the city of Sa-
icm, the mayor said.
"Every effort will be made to
express to these fighting men
ana protectors of liberty the ap
preciation of a thankful nation.
The public of Salem is urged to
cooperate in the observance by
participation in various functions
planned, and particularly by the
general display of the American
flag from homes and buildings
throughout the city from sunrise
until sunset each day from April
7 to and including April 12."
Maybe some of the posse wives
around here can take a lesson
from the Jefferson lady.
Inasmuch as the city council
is toying with the idea of licens
ing game boards, according to
reports, a local civic stalwart
suggests that maybe two birds
could be killed with one stone
or one nickel-made to serve two
purposes by hooking up the slot
machine idea with the parking
meter and have a combination
parking meter and slot machine
so the city could get all the
gravy. He suggests that maybe
the parking meters might pay
off in slugs and if a lucky nickel
dropper grabbed a payoff he'd
be given a handful of slugs, each
one worth an extra hour in
parking. The idea sounds in
triguing and might go a long
way toward solving the revenue
problem for the city fathers but
wouldn t help the parking situ
ation much. Every parking place
would be filled with folks play
ing the machines.
E. L. Smith of the fire depart
ment is pretty proud of a letter
he has just received. The other
day he showed a couple of
youngsters about the depart
ment, explained the apparatus
and system used and the boys
were quite enthusiastic. He has
just received the following note:
"I want to thank you for show
ing Fred and I around the fire
station. We enjoyed it very
much. Yours truly, Jack Bra-
ziel." The note was written in
braille and the lads were from
the blind school.
Lt. John Creech,. Salem, Thought
Victim of Ethiopian Plane Crash
Cairo, Egypt, March 24 W) The bodies of six Americans killed
Thursday In the crash of a C-47 plane in the mountains of Ethiopia
have been brought to Cairo by plane. Bodies of five of the vic
tims will be sent to the United;
Slates; Lt. Howard G. Smith of
Boise, Idaho, air transport com
mand pilot; Lt. John Creech of
Oregon, members of the U. S.
army's Middle East detachment;
Staff Sgt. Dale Holmes of
Iowa, crew chief; Master Sgt.
Donald Tisdall of the New York
vicinity, radio operator, and
Don I. Sullivan of Beverly Hills,
Calif., petroleum attache at the
U. S. embassy in Cairo.
The body of Daniel C. Den
nett, Jr., of near Newton, Mass.,
will be sent to Beyrouth where
By DeWitt Mackenzie
(AP Foreign Affairs Analyst)
President Truman's order for
a house-cleaning among govern
ment employes has pinned the
label "disloyal" to anyone who
belongs to, or has "sympathetic
association with," any group
which the. attorney general rules
to be "totalitarian, fascist, com
munist or subversive."
While this order specifically
relates only to government serv
ice, it is obvious that the label
of disloyalty applies equally to
any citizen who associates him
self with any of the groups in
question. Also, since the chief
executive's move comes so soon
after the pronouncement of his
new world policy against ag
gressive commuunism, it's safe
to say that he once more is aim
ing chiefly at the red ism.
Why? What is it that places
communism outside the pale of
western democracy? What
about the claim of American
communists and fellow travelers
that they will be deprived of
constitutional rights if their
political ism is banned?
One answer is that modern
communism has as a major prin
ciple that it must come to pow
er through a revolution by force
and that the establishment of a
Soviet government which is a
totalitarian dictatorship must
be accompanied by a period of
terror to impress the signifi
cance of the change on the pop
ulace. We first saw this put
into effect in the bolshevist rev
olution which established Rus
sian communism in 1917.
A similar pattern has been
followed elsewhere, though
there have been some variations
in connection with the vast ex
pansion of Moscow's European
zone of influence during and
since the World War. Elections
have been held in Poland and
the Balkans, resulting in the
return of communist dominated
governments, and in the cases of
Poland, Bulgaria and Romania,
the United States and Britain
protested hotly that there was
no free vote.
Widespread liquidation of
people listed as hostile to com
munism has been reported in the
various countries. All these
states are under control of Mos
cow, although they haven't actu
ally become members of the
Soviet union.
Thus we see that communism,
as a revolutionary ideology, is
wholly outside the laws of any
uountry adhering to western
democracy. This fact was rec
ognized by both Britain and
America for many years after
the bolshevist upheaval of 1917
until finally they took down
the bars of Moscow's promise
that communist propaganda for
world revolution would cease
within their domains.
Traffic Mishaps
Oyer Week-end
Joseph V. Edding of Lebanon
ruined two tires on his automo
bile when he got the car stalled
on the Southern Pacific railroad
track at 12th and Marion streets
early Monday morning.
After trying in vain to remove
the car, during which time he
damaged the tires. Edding called
police headquarters for assist
ance and the police had to call a
wrecker.
In another week-end traffic
mishap, Alvin Hornscuch, 13. of
1757 Chemeketa street, riding a
bicycle at High and State Sun
day, was struck by an automo
bile driven by Wilbur J. Rich
ard, route 2, Silverton. The boy
was injured, but not seriously.
Cars driven by Kenneth L
Williams, route 2, and William
G. Ross, 858 Oak street, Eugene,
collided Saturday night at North
Capitol and Center. There were
no injuries.
A hit-and-run accident was
reported by H. E. Phelps, 635
North 14th, who told police that
his car was struck by another
with an unidentified driver at
the wheel, near his home Sun
day evening,
Leslie V. Leflcr, 2340 Bluff,
was cited by the police for driv
ing while intoxicated after a
collision Saturday night between
his car and one driven by Doug
las B. Armstrong, Jr., 1689
North 18th. The accident hap
pened at Chemeketa and North
Liberty. Several persons were
In the vehicles but there were
no injuries.
he was cultural relations at
tache at the U. S. legation.
While official notification has
not been received the Lt. John
Creech listed as one of the
persons aboard the crashed
plane, is thought to be a Salem
man, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
r. w. ureecn of 1HU South 14th
street. On contacting Rep. Wal
ter Norblad, in Washington, re
garding the accident the Creechs
were informed that they would
receive official notification Mon
day.
Creech, who has been with
the army since 1942 and during
the war was in many different
sections of the war theaters on
duty with the paratroopers, was
known to have been in the Mid
dle East on a special assignment.
In that area since August, 1946,
his parents three weeks ago re
ceived word that his headquar
ters were in leheran, Iran. I
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