A Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, April 1, 1947 jf
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Franco s Monarchial Gesture
Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain has sent a decree
to the Cortes declaring the nation still a monarchy despite
his eight years reign as fascist dictator, evidently opening
the way for a restoration of a king. Entitling Franco "chief
of slate" the bill would give the holder of that post the right
to propose his own successor any time he desired and speci
fied that "a council of the kingdom" would advise the chief
of state on the succession. t
Designed to provide a governmental head for Spain s 26,
000,000 population in the event of the chief of state's death
or incapacitation, the degree also provided for a council of
regency to rule in the interim, ine regency wouia summon
the council of the kingdom to meet within three days to elect
a successor. The cortes then would have to ratify tne coun
cil's choice bv a two-thirds majority vote.
The chief of state, the decree stipulated, must be a king
or, in the event there was no person of royal blood who quali
fied under the law, a regent. Ihe king under tne decree,
would have to be Spanish, a male, at least 30 years of age and
a Roman Catholic.
Alfonso XIII, the late king, left Spain in 1931 and died
10 years later in exile. He never renounced the throne. The
chief claimant to the throne would be Don Juan, Alfonso's
son and crown prince. The council of the regency would
be composed of the president of the cortes, the Catholic
primate of Spain and the captain-general of the army, the
president of the council of state, the president of the supreme
court, the president of the Spanish institute and a delegation
of deputies of the cortes, representing syndicates, municipal
and provisional government, professional associations and
other members of the cortes named by the chief of state.
Spanish monarchist quarters have denounced Franco's
plan as "totally inacceptable" on the following grounds:
1. It allows Franco to remain in power as chief of state for
the rest of his life, if he so desires.
2. It imposes physical and legal qualifications and obliga
tions upon any eventual monarch.
3. It provides for preservation of the Franco regime's
work, such as the Falange and the Franco laws.
Franco has been under fire ever since the World War for
his aid to Hitler and his fascist tendencies. He has been
assailed by the United Nations and his latest gesture is
for political effect on the anti-communist bloc and a retention
of his dictatorship.
"The Only Party Fit to Govern" Flops
The republican party is not living up to its old-time slogan
as the "only party fit to govern" either in congress or in the
Oregon legislature, where it has no opposition. It won a
smashing victory in November at the polls and control of
both houses of congress, but the public reaction has already
set-in because of failure to live up to campaign promises and
lack of leadership. This is reflected in the Gallup and other
polls revealing the fact that republican inaction and the
president s actions have increased the popularity of Mr. Tru
man who was regarded as down and out a brief time ago.
Except for the passage of the act banning portal to portal
pay nothing has come out of promised labor legislation; a job
handled by Senator Taft himself, as party leader. Labor
lenders have been obstructionists and some of the new re
publicans have been off the reservations, while the democrats
have kept hands pit.
Tax reduction has been a farce because promises were
based on lack of information and the party leadership has
been stumbling as facts were disclosed. The house rushed
through a tax slashing bill of from 20 to 30 percent, but it
has been pigeon-holed in the senate. The uncertainty there
by engendered has not helped either business or the repub
licans. The Lilienthal affair has been dragged out indefinately,
managed by a democratic demagogue with a personal grudge,
Atomic energy control is too vital a subject to play politics
with. It should have been settled long ago, and either Lihen-
thai or spme one else should have been selected. No one man
is indispensible and time moves on with crisis after crisis
laced by the United Nations.
Presidential politics have gummed the cards as the numer
ous candidates jockeyed for position at the expense of the
nation and party. Only btassen ot the aspirants has been
above board anil hewed to the line, and public disgust with
the tactics of others may make him a formidable candidate.
Unless there is a change in party tactics at Washington
the republicans are likely to defeat themselves in 1948.
Popular People
By Beck ,
lM HAVE TO MAKE AH YM VlXI 1 WW',
L-r MfNtniht SnJInt. tin.
Sip for uppcr
By Don Upjohn
Saw County Commissioner
Roy Rice shove a cigar in his
pocket this morning as he start
ed out on a road trip, same hav
ing been left on his desk by an
ill - intentioned friend. Boy,
would we have liked to have
been in seeing range somewhere
when he lighted same. Wc hope
no serious injury was sustained.
Biggest April fool joke of the
day was workmen digging
ditch along the edge of the
courthouse lawn and fooling peo
ple into thinking they were start
ing excavation for a new court
house when they were only get
ting ready to sink some under
ground irrigation pipes.
Incidentally J. C. Perry, the
well known druggist, got a nice
Sugar Rationing Continues
In an eleventh hour action, sugar rationing has gained a
new seven months lease on life, but President Truman, fear-
lui ot disastrous consequences lrom such a short extension
has announced that he might seek longer controls. The
sugar act which also carries sugar price control to October
31, was approved by congress along with a 90-day extension
of the president's power to parcel out a sharply trimmed list
of industrial, drug and food items. The entire sugar and
allocation program is thus prevented from lapsing, as the
recent war services act expired last midnight, save for the
few controls thus salvaged.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson takes over the program
in line with congress' mandate relieving the OPA of the job.
No change in sugar rations or regulation will be made for the
present he announces, but he set up a new "sugar rationing"
administration in the department made up of OPA's former
sugar staff.
The act provides 20 pounds of sugar a person for the next
seven months, or an annual rate of 35 pounds, 10 pounds
more than last year. It sets aside 50,000 tons for new in
dustrial users, and continues inventory controls until next
March 31, to prevent big industrial users from hoarding
supplies once coupon rationing ends.
The biggest question remaining is whether grain, rice,
meat and other agricultural products could continue to be
parceled out for domestic, military and foreign consumption.
They were not singled out by name as were tin, antimony
freight cars, cordage, chinchona bark for quinine and the
drug streptomycin.
24 Oregon Conchies
To Get Releases
Portland, April 1 (fF) Release
of 24 conscientious objectors
held in Oregon camps will be
ordered now that selective serv
ice has ended, Col. E. V. Woo
ton reported.
The Oregon selective service
director said 40 Oregon inii
held elsewhere In the country
would be released simultane
ously. He reported one man is sta
tioned at the Cascade Locks CPS
camp, four at Waldport, two at
Elkton and 17 at Lnpine. During
the war, 311 Oregon men were
classified as objectors. Since,
252 have been released.
The highest stone in an arch is
known as a keystone: the low
est, a springer.
Klamath Nabs
One Fugitive
Klamath Falls, Ore., April 1
(U.R) One of two convicts who
escaped from San Quentin pris
on Saturday was held for Cali
fornia authorities today and po
lice began a widespread search
for his companion.
Norman Jacklin, 39, Los An
geles robber, was captured last
night in a running gunfight
across town after he and Alfred
Paine, 38, North Sacramento,
Calif., murderer, robbed a serv
ice station of $88.
Paine escaped from officers in
a hail of bullets, dropped into a
dry irrigation canal and disap
peared. Authorities theorized he
might have been wounded in the
gunfire.
Police Chief Orville Hamilton
speculated that Paine "might
have hopped a freight out of
town" or else that he took to the
nearby hills.
"I figure that unless he got
the freight, he tried to steal an
other car for the getaway," Ham
ilton said. "He may have made
it."
Jacklin told police that after
escaping from San Quentin, he
and Paine stole an automobile in
Petaluma, Calif., and drove it
north. Then they found they
were "broke and hungry," sr.
they decided to hold up the gaso
line station.
bouquet of flowers today from
John Caughcll. Reason, J. C.
started his drugstore on April 1,
1904, and the bouquet was a lit
tle reminder of the fact. Added
reason, John Caughell was also
born on April 1, 1904, both of
the boys starting in business on
that day, as it were. April 1
must be a nice day for a birth
day, having to be suspicious of
every package that shows up in
the shape of a birthday gift.
We were reminiscing a little
this a.m., remembering how the
late Frank Myers, when owner
of the Spa never let an April
1 go by without having a liberal
supply of extra special candy
turned out in his candy kitchen
same being loaded with all of the
various indelicacies Frank could
think up. That was one day he
was very liberal with his candy
and the more folks he could get
to nibble on a piece and then
make a wry face the happier he
was. We were so deeply sunk
in such reminiscence that when
Bob Lehman, who bought out
the Spa from Frank, handed us
a very luscious looking hunk
of chocolate candy this a.m., we
bit into same with carefree aban
don and came up with a bitter
mouthful of God knows what,
Even if we did get took we're
glad that somebody is carrying
on the good old Frank Myers tra
dition and hope plenty of folks
get a mouthful besides us.
28 Years Late
St. Joseph, Mo., April 1 W)
A man dropped into the office of
County Collector Clifton Hurse
yesterday and said he wanted to
pay taxes on some property he
owned but he was 28 years too
late.
Hurse checked the records.
found the taxes were delinquent
30 years ago and that the pro
perty had been sold for the taxes
two years later.
Heavy Sugar
Detroit, April 1 VP) Friends
of George Bennett brought 25
pounds of small change to jail
as bail money on a reckless
driving charge, but Bennett
didn't win his release immediately.
Police were busy for several
hours counting the money in
cluding 5,000 pennies. When
they finished they had $150,
more than enough to release
Bennett.
The Salem Senator baseball
team is starting off another sea
son today but this time it is last
year's team getting under way
down at Los Angeles wearing
Portland Beaver uniforms. We
don't care much about making
baseball prognostications but
we'll venture one little guess,
that they won't start off the sea
son this year by winning the
first 14 games, like they did
last year.
Boy Wanted to
See Man Die
Aurora, III., April 1 (U.B It
was an overwhelming desire to
"see somebody die" which drove
16-year-old Raymond Stum
baugh to shoot a stranger in the
back and then calmly go home
and to bed, he told police today.
The victim of his thrill shoot
ing last Saturday night was Eu
gene Garnett, 49, a Western
Union repairman who was
working on his partially finish
ed summer cottage here.
"I just wanted to shoot some
body and see somebody die,"
Stumbaugh told Sheriff Harry
A. Crawford last night. Craw
ford questioned the youth after
a routine check of licensed .22
caliber rifles revealed Stum
baugh's had been fired recently.
The boy readily admitted the
shooting, and said he had In
tended to kill the mayor of
North Aurora, Fred Kratochvil.
His statement to police did not
say whether he was trying to
find Kratochvil when he spot
ted Garnett working on the cot
tage. Stumbaugh fired one shot
through a window of the sum
mer house, striking Garnett in
the back. The repairman craw
led 75 feet and collapsed beside
his automobile. He was found
Sunday morning by a passing
motorist.
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That certainly was two-fisted
language which Representative
Crawford, Michigan republican
used . yesterday in testifying be
fore the . house foreign affairs
committee that he believes the
United States should tell the
Russians they must disarm or
this country will use her atomic
bombs and economic power
against them.
The congressman conceded
that such a course would mean
war if the Soviet Union defied
America but he said that in event
of war Russia would "get
licked." He added that the peo
ple of the U. S. A. "have the
power to disarm the world" and
should start with Russia.
Well, far be it from us to deny
that we are capable of doing
whatever teems necessary. Still,
having taken this stand, un
doubtedly all will agree that it's
preferable if possible to handle
this communistic world-revolu
tion without another global con
flict at arms.
War between the two most
powerful nations both with
virtually unlimited resources
would be a horror which might
drag along for years. True, we
could create havoc with our
atomic bombs, but the military
experts say that major wars are
n't going to be won with atomic
bombs alone in this stage of the
game. All other branches of
the armed services would have
to be brought Into play, includ
ing infantry.
Bear in His Cave
Agreeing with Congressman
Crawford that America would
win, we should have to go into
the Russian Bear s cave and
drag him out by main force. And
that would take some doing, for
the Soviet empire occupies one-
sixth of the world's land sur
face, and is heavily guarded in
Europe by many satellite na
tions. Such a war would make
all past conflicts look like school
picnics.
That's why the United States
government is trying to halt the
red drive by the indirect meth
od of giving material aid to na
tions which are in the path of
communistic aggression. Greece
and Turkey are the first to come
in line for help. In this connec
tion secret testimony was pre
sented before the senate foreign
relations committee last week,
designating Turkey as the key,
even more than Greece, to any
move to halt the spread of com
munism in the Mediterranean
area.
This testimony was given be
hind closed doors by Edwin C.
Wilson, U. S. ambassador to Tur
key. One senator told a report
er that Wilson's presentation Was
so significant that the legislator
concluded the president's pro
gram is based even more on mili
tary than on political considera
tions. Wilson is said to have tes
tified in effect that Turkey re
mains the last strong government
on the Mediterranean standing
up against Russia. He added
that the Turks aren't able alone
to foot the bill for maintaining
a large army.
It is true that Turkey, and
the Dardanelles strait which she
controls, form a far more im
portant base militarily than
Greece. However, we can't dis
miss Greece lightly, for it is a
powerful bastion guarding the
flank of the Turkish position.
Turkey Forms Bridge
Sinte Turkey straddles the
Dardanelles and thus embraces
both European and Asiatic soil,
she forms a land bridge between
Europe and Asia. Indeed, if you
follow your nose around the
eastern Mediterranean after
crossing the bridge from Europe,
you eventually will arrive in
Africa.
So Turkey can be said to pro
vide a highway between three
continents. And if that broad
highway were thrown open to
communism, there's no telling
where the red ism might go.
The $150,000,000 which Pres
ident Truman would allot to Tur
key would be used for military
purposes. The Turks are among
the world's finest fighters, and
it was a wholesome respect for
the Turkish army (Ankara
claimed that it totaled 1,000,000
bayonets) which kept Hitler
from attempting to charge across
from the Balkan peninsula into
the Middle East.
Turkey is said to be able to mo
bilize a total of some 2,000,000.
In event she has sufficient ef
fectives to man her powerful
natural defenses along the Dar
danelles, provided she has the
equipment. That's where Amer-
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ican aid would come in. It's safe
to, say that the Muscovites, like
the Germans, would look care
fully before attempting to force
their way into Turkey from the
Balkan peninsula.
The death of King George of
Greece today injects an entirely
new element into a tense situa
tion. It's too early to forecast
the effect. Much depends on the
character of the little-known
Prince Paul, who succeeds to
the throne. However, this much
can be said now:
Death has removed a weak
monarch who was wholly inade
quate to provide the necessary
leadership in the present emer
gency. If the new king isn't an
improvement, he Isn't likely to
be worse.
would have been slightly higher
had not two of the units broken
down for more than a day. The
units cover the entire state at
least once a year.
In this county the program
was under the sponsorship of
the Marion County Public
Health association, the Marion
county department of health, the
Oregon Tuberculosis association
and the state board of health.
About half of the cost is covered
by money taken in through the
sale of Christmas seals. The bal
ance is underwritten by public
tax funds.
In addition to Salem, commu
nities where the units were
located included Hubbard, Au
rora, Woodburn, Gervais, St.
Paul, Mt. Angel, Silverton, Mill
City, Stayton and Jefferson.
If trouble is indicated by ex
amination of the first miniature
films, they are returned and
large 14xl7-inch negatives are
developed. These are sent to
the Oregon Tuberculosis hospi
tal where Dr. G. C. Bellinger
and his staff read them. The
persons involved are then ad
vised to consult their own physicians.
Demonstration Unit
Discusses Kitchens
Honewell Thp nll-rinv mnKal
ly meeting of the home demon.5
stration unit was helri at th.
Hopewell United Brethren
church. Miss Marion Donald
son, Yamhill county home de
monstration agent, was leader
on the subject of "Making Kitch
ens More Livable." Lunch was
served at noon.
'New Electrical Equipment"
will be the subject of the next
meeting, to be held at the church.
James Watt, inventor o;' the
modern condensing steam en
gine claims recognition also as
the discoverer of the composi
tion of water.
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