4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Mar. 29, 1947
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Progress Catching Up
Announcement by the corps of U. S. army engineers, Port
land office, that the Southern Pacific railway company has
nwde application for a change in regulations governing the
operation of the railroad drawbridge across the Willamette
river here, and that a hearing of objections will be conducted
by the engineers if protests are filed prior to April 23, is a
reminder of how far regulations of this sort have been out
grown by industry and transportation in the past 30 years.
The railroad company is asking permission to require 24
hours of advance notice by persons desiring to have the draw
span of the bridge opened for passage by boats whose super
structure is too high to permit clearance otherwise. Under
present regulations the company is required to open the
draw whenever given six-hour advance notice, which requires
the employment of two bridge tenders by the company.
Even at that the bridge is left without an operator between
the hours of 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. Time was when the bridge
was manned for operation 24 hours a day, and the operators
did not grow whiskers of the Rip Van Winkle variety between
actual openings of the span.
In those days the demand for opening was made by sound
ing the whistles of the old stern wheel steamboats with their
towering stacks which plied the river day and night.
Now all that is changed. Even with the hoped for restor
ation of boat navigation as a result of the completion of flood
control and navigation projects now under way along the
Willamette, there is little prospect that boats with clearance
greater than that offered by the present span (without being
opened) will ever return to the river as carriers. Their day
is gone, and with it the need for drawbridges.
Consideration of this fact also focuses attention upon an
other situation with which the community, the highway de
partment and the U. S. engineers are going to have to wrestle
witti in ine not lar uisianc iiuure. mis prouiem win prusum
itself when replacement of the present highway bridge across
the Willamette becomes imperative. The cost and location
of such a bridge will largely be determined by the clearance
required by the army engineers. Substantial savings in
the cost of the bridge can be assured if the engineers are
reasonable in their holdings of clearances demanded. Every
logical factor entering into the picture argues against the
.need of such clearances as are now required, 34 feet above
mean high water and 65 feet above mean low water.
Fifteen feet of clearance above high water would be ade
quate for any bridge over the river here now or at any time
in the foreseeable future, to accommodate the powerful little
diesel tow boats and the barges and log rafts that they pull
beneath the bridges here. The future of commercial navi
gation on the Willamette is tied up definitely with these
small tugs and the low-clearance barge type cargo carriers
they will operate.
It's Our Traditional Foreign Policy
President Truman's appeal to congress of March 12 in
which he asked for a fund of f400 million for financial and
material aid and military advisers to bolster Greece and
Turkey against threatened spread of Russian totalitarianism
. in the Middle East has been nailed generally as the announce
ment of a new policy a sort of Monroe doctrine for the
Mediterranean, but it is nothing of the sort. It was simply
a reiteration of the traditional American foreign policies
pursued by Woodrow Wilson and both Roosevelts.
Mr. Truman told congress he believed it to be this coun
try's policy to:
". . . support free peoples who are resisting attempted subju
gation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. . . . assist free
peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. Give
help primarily through economic and financial aid which is essen
tial to economic stability and orderly political processes. We can
not allow changes in the status quo in violation of the United Na
tions by such methods as coercion or by such subterfuges as poli
tical infiltration."
"There is no other country, since the withdrawal of British sup
port but the United States to which democratic Greece can turn
for help." He said the same about Turkey.
Compare this Truman address with that of the late Presi
dent Wilson when he addressed congress on America's en
trance into the first World War:
"The world must be made safe for democracy . . . and we shall
fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our
hearts for democracy, for the right of those who submit to au
thority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and
liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by
such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to
all nations and make the world itself at last free."
Mr. Truman simply reaffirmed in peacetime the ideals
upon which the United States fought both World Wars
to make the world "safe for democracy" against the aggres
sions ot totalitarian tyranny a policy deserted between the
two wars and really the cause of World War II.
As Warren R. Austin, American representative on the
security council, emphasized in his address to that body that
United States aid to Greece and Turkey was a stop-gap pence
making measure to serve only until' the U.N. could take
over and cany out the principles of the Atlantic Charter,
which are those set forth by the president.
Popular People
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The Fireside Pulpit
Reverend George H. Swift
Rector. St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Through Seeming Defeat to Victory We commemorate the
death of Christ, not because He was crucified, not because He was
a martyr and not because He was good but because we believe
as the centurion believed when he said at the cross, "Truly, this
was the Son of God." It is only as we believe Christ is God in
human flesh that we are able lof
understand the crucifixion, the
resurrection, the sacraments
which He instituted, and the
Christian altars throughout the
world.
When the members of the
apostolic group beheld Christ
hanging on the cross, they said
in apparent resignation, "It was
He whom we hoped would re
deem Israel." Their faith was
now gone. They scattered and
fled. Then something happened.
A remarkable change in their
whole viewpoint crystallized a
Ichange which brought courage
to replace their cowardice, hope
to replace their fear, strength to
replace their weakness. The
complete change was made by
the glorious message, "The Lord
is risen He is risen indeed. '
That Easter morning revelation
of His resurrection put a wholly
new light on the crucifixion for
them. The crucifixion could be
understood only in the light of
the resurrection. This is no
stranger than what happens in
our every day life. We have mo
ments of deep perplexity, anxie
ties, worries, misunderstanding
and doubts. We can see only
darkness and defeat and hope
lessness ahead. Then something
happens which throws a clear
light upon the whole situation
which before had driven us to
despair. What seemed to be the
end of all, proves but to be the
beginning of something greater
For the disciples it was the dark
ness just before the dawn.
When we are confronted with
our Calvary when our hope
seems to be headed for the
"place of a skull," when our
faith is shattered, when defeat
seems inevitable, when in self
pity and despair, Golgotha, the
place of a skull, looms large on
me nonzon oetore us let us
lake courage! Let us recall
again that Christ's journey to
Calvary was not the end of all
but it was the beginning of the
greatest march to victory that
the world has ever known.
Sips for Suppei
By Don Upjohn
A roving lecturer who was
here the other night predicted it
was quite likely everybody in
the Pacific Northwest would be
dead inside of 20 years via the
atomic bomb. Now back in
Washington another expert
predicts that probably every
body in the country at least 90
percent of same will be dead
in five years via the same route
We hope some rip snorting guy
doesn't come out between now
and the time to sip supper and
cheat us out of blossom day to
morrow.
The end of the world has been
predicted numerous times in the
past but it seems to keep travel
ing along.
Of course, thpre tc cfilt rhit
lively chance that evervhndv
who is alive in the state now
may be dead before the present
legislature adjourns, and just
from natural causes without the
help of the atomic or anv other
bomb.
At any rate, this stuff offers
a new way to keep children in
Warning to Labor
While the two so-called anti-labor bills passed by the two
houses of the Oregon legislature are generally regarded as
being comparatively innocuous in their restraints on labor
organizations, they sound a warning against unions which
could be rapidly translated into an active public demand for
reasonable conduct of workers in their relationships with
management and the public.
Sponsors for the legislation insist that the two bills passed
by the house yesterday, while not as drastic as the more mili
tant citizens of Oregon would desire ,are loaded with notices
to organized labor leaders to go slow in the matter of stirring
up industrial strife in this state. Rep. Ralph T. Moore, Coos
Bay lumberman and chairman of the house labor committee
who carried on the fight for these bills yesterday, spoke the
sentiments of a substantial majority of Oregonians when
he .said:
These bills attack the root of the evils of labor dispute The
public has been forced to intervene and protect itself from the
predatory and irresponsible types of union leaders, which are in
the minority. Many laboring men are the innocent tools of com
munism . . . and some such check upon their activities is needed
to keep the movement from running amuck."
National Guard Gets
More Equipment
Greatly Increased supplies of
.modern equipment soon will be
hipped to the Oregon national,
guard by tht war department,'
the national guard headquarters
said today.
The eaulDment inelnHe hB,,ri
trucks and other mobile equipment.
Because of the vagaries of tide
movement in the oceans, there
are 25 coastal localities In the
world that have no tides at all.
N'eltie
Who's Who in Zoo
Chicago. March 29 iP Be
cause nearly every visitor to the
Lincoln Park zoo asks ques
tions of busy animal keepers.
Director R. Marlin Perkins has
established a zoo answer shop.
Perkins said Fred Meyer,
junior zoologist, the zoo's offi
cial answer man, is armed with
a head full of facts, a card case
full of answers for anticipated
questions, and a zoological li
brary for a quick check in case
he gets stumped.
Perkins said the animal keep
ers were unable to contend
with the questioning crowds.
Saved by the Bells
Chicago, March 29 W A
tall youth, dressed like a cow
boy and carrying a big pistol,
last night stopped Miss Mary
Bernard, 35. and tiny, and said,
"This is a stickup."
"Go away, little man, play
cops and robbers somewhere
else." Miss Bernard told Damen
Avenue police she replied to
the gunman.
Miss Bernard then sought re
fuge in an apartment building
hallway and leaned against a
battery of apartment doorbells.
Several of the tenants shouted
down and one or two started
walking down.
The gunman let out a whoop
and fled.
line. They used to tell us if we
weren't good that a policeman
would get us and that kept
most of the very little ones in
line. Now, they can threaten to
drop an atomic bomb under the
crib, that is, if the youngsters
don t beat papa and mama to it.
The Budding Journalist
(The Dallas Chronicle)
"The Chronicle reporter was
there, of course, but the giddy
young wretch came home with a
knowledge of who was there, of
pretty customers, handsome
faces and divine forms, but had
not noticed the details of the im
provements of the stores or the
displays. He Was sent hnflr thic
morning and what he saw there
win De touna in another column.
But, anyway, he isn't the first
newspaper reporter who could
not see the story for the nylons.
We no more than offerer!
gentle suggestion last night that
if the March lamb wanted to
turn into a lion he'd have to
hustle, then the heavens hnsteri
open during the evening and
threatened to carry out our dire
suggestion. Hereafter maybe
we should keeD our tran clnsoH
just before blossom day. at anv
rate.
The April showers started
making May flowers two or
three days ahead of time.
Rites for Mrs. Back
Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Ef-
fie Back, 82, who died at her
residence, 117 9 Chemeketa
street, early this week as the
result of a heart attack, will be
held at the Clough-Barrick com
pany mortuary at 1:30 next Mon
day afternoon. Interment will be
in the family plot in Mt. Hope
cemetery, southeast of Pratum.
Mrs. Back has spent most of
her life in Marion county, liv
ing as a child on her parents'
farm east of Pratum. Her hus
band, who operated a bakery at
12th and Chemeketa streets for
many years, passed away several
years ago.
Survivors include two broth
ers, W. I. Pooler of Joseph, Ore.,
and Earl Pooler of Pratum, who
had been spending the winter in
northern Indiana. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
One of the Important deterior
ations in Europe accompanying
the overthrow of the Roman
empire was the abandonment of
sound farming practices which
had been developed by the Ro
mans.
By DeWitt Mackenzie
(AP Foreign Affairs Analyst)
England's discoursive after
noon tea-tables have been serv
ed a warm morsel by the bishop
of London who declared in the
house of lords during a debate
on the zooming divorce rate that
adultery needn't constitute
grounds for divorce. He recom
mended forgiveness and reconciliation.
The austere upper chamber
of parliament has little legisla
tive power these days but it is
highly important sounding-
board for considered opinion. So
when a great dignitary like the
bishop makes a pronouncement
of such universal interest, it
sets folk to thinking and tongues
to wagging. And he was very
blunt in his approach.
"It is extraordinary," he as
serted, "that at a time when
adultery is thought less of than
it has been for centuries in this
country, and when living in sin
is considered as a music-hall
joke, adultery is considered suf
ficient excuse for breaking up
a marriage and a home."
The origin of this debate lies
in the fact that the divorce rate
has jumped from 6,332 in 1939
(the year the war began) to 50,-
000 currently a shocking state
of affairs in the minds of a host
of Britons who still maintain
their Victorian reserve along
with the cherished China dogs
and aspidistra plants.
War Brings Infidelity
One hastens to add that this
increase in divorces doesn t
mean that John Bull is racing
headlong to the devil. It does
mean that the separations due to
war have resulted in a good
deal of infidelity on both sides
of 'the house. The atomic age
has revealed what the Victorian
age used to conceal.
I investigated this divorce
problem when in England
year ago and it was clear that
the increase in divorces repre
sented the opening of the flood
gates to an accumulation of
grievances between the soldier
overseas and his missus back
home. As remarked before,
there was a lot of infidelity on
both sides of the house, and
both sides were pretty sore.
So far as Tommy Atkins is
concerned, he has precedent for
sowing a few wild oats. When
I first went to Britain as i
porter in 1916 the law conced
ed an Englishman the right to
have a mistress if he so chose.
He could divorce his wife for in
fidelity, but she couldn's divorce
him on that ground. She had to
prove actual physical cruelty in
addition to adultery. One of
my first introductions to this
code was when a big business
man remarked to me:
"I have a prosperous bus!
ness, a fine home, a charming
wife to preside over my table,
two lovely children. And I
have my mistress. What more
could a man want?"
Not Disgrace Now
What more, indeed? Well, it
wasn't until 1923 that a law
was passed giving a wife the
right to divorce her husband for
infidelity alone. Even then the
women moved slowly in taking
advantage of this privilege.
Apart from religious objections,
divorce had always been looked
upon as a disgrace.
During the war and since it
ended, welfare societies have
been doing yeomen's work in
ironing out the differences be
tween soldiers and the wives
they left behind them. The
"forgiveness" and "reconcilia
tion" which the bishop of Lon
don advocates has been achieved
in innumerable cases.
Still, England is shocked and
bewildered by such a flood, as
witness the fact that the Brit
ish government is studying ways
and means of further relieving
the situation, and the reserved
house of lords is taking a hand.
LEGAL
NOTICE TO CRF.DITOBS
No l?8ft
Estatf- of LARRY VAUGHN COLLINS
Attorney Lntlf Arhnit.ar AHrf.a.. inn
Pacific Bid?., Portland, i, Ortaon.
... v. .uu u, iP amir oi
Orrann fnr the rmi.,. , 1 . B
bate Department. '
Notice la hereby alven that the vmder
alanerf Ennan vtnouv .n, . i
been anpolnlrd Administrator of tha fa
tale Of LARRV VAtinUM ertrtra, ...
ceased, by the circuit Court of tha 'state
or Oreaon for Marion County, and haa
qualified. All persona havtni claims
onanist aain estate are hereby notified
to preaent tha same, duly verified as by
law required, to tha understtned at
Idanha. Oreaon. within all monthi from
the data hereof.
Dated and first published March 1947
Last publication April 1947.
EDGAR VAUGHN COLLINS
invTMiSTa 4T1D
LOUIS SCHNITZER
Attorney
Mar. ;3-30-Apr. S-12-19.
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Court Action to Force Care by
Children for Aged Parents
Portland, Ore., March 29 OT A drive to force financially
capable Oregonians to care for indigent parents, through court
action, was announced by the state public welfare commission
here.
In a move to reduce expenses
to meet a lowered budget, the
commission said it would fur
nish attorneys when necessary
for suits to make children take
over the support of parents now
on relief. Suits to recover frau
dulently obtained welfare funds
will also be pressed.
The commission, planning for
a $43,855,000 biennial budget
$8,000,000 below requested funds
announced that investigators
would tour Oregon counties to
weed out undeserving welfare
recipients.
Other proposals, made at the
commission meeting here yes
terday, included:
1. Halting aid to state institu
tion inmates, such as purchas
ing clothing for tuberculosis
hospital patients and Fairview
home inmates.
2. Halting all medical grants
on May 1, allowing physicians
to prescribe drugs for welfare
recipients only when imperative.
3. Reviewing patients receiv
ing nureing home care, sending
as many as possible back home.
4. Stop providing medical
help to persons who are not ac
tually indigent, but who lack
money to pay big medical bills.
The commission said it would
take this step only as a last re
sort, fearing the result would
be pauperization of such families.
The commission said it would
cut general assistance payments
from this months approximate
$478,000 to $339,000 next
month.
Guest Speaker
Alliance Church
Rev. T. W. Wilson is the guest
speaker for the Christian Mis
sionary Alliance at the Sunday
morning service. He is a young
southern minister of the gospel
who has been crowned with re
markable success as a christian
worker especially among young
people. He was chosen by the
Youth for Christ to be one of
their national representatives.
At the evening service the pas
tor will bring his evangelistic
appeal from the topic, "Barra
bas or Jesus."
The annual missionary con
vention will be held at the local
church on North 5th at Gaines.
DANCE
TONIGHT
SILVERTON ARMORY
WOODRY'8
14 Piece Orchestra
from April 6 through the 13th.
Three missionaries just back
from foreign fields will present
reports from their places of effort.
Benefit Dance
Moose Hall
12th and Leslie Sts.
Saturday
March 29
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