4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, May 8, 1947
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Recollections
By Heck .....
Making Way for the Peanut
It will come as a sho.ck to wild-life lovers to learn the Brit
ish government hunters are slaughtering thousands of zebra,
gnu and springbok as the first move in a plan to clear 3,210,
000 acres of big game country in South Africa for peanut
plantations, especially since the British have for many years
made every effort to protect rapidly vanishing African wild
life and established huge wild-life preserves in which hunt
ing has been restricted or forbidden entirely.
The long term peanut project is being handled for the
British food ministry by the United Africa company. The
game slaughter is said necessary to assure success of the
government's program to relieve Britain's acute shortage
of edible fats. We have the word of British scientists that
the people are undernourished, especially the children, really
being slowly starved, for Britain cannot feed herself and as
human life at home has the first call over wild life abroad,
the project is justifiable.
Food Minister John Strachey described the project as "a
great and many-sided war operation conducted against ene
mies not less formidable than wartime opponents." The food
ministry plan calls for 107 highly mechanized ranches of
some 30,000 acres each. All would be devoted to the raising
of peanuts or "ground nuts" as they are called in Britain.
Under the socialist labor regime ranches will probably be
operated by the government along collective lines.
The dispatches do not give the location of the "big game
country" being developed, but it is probably in the fertile
region known as the Tsetse country, hitherto untouched for
development. The zebra, gnu and springbok are immune
to the tsetse fly, though it is fatal to horses, cattle and sheep,
hence not pastured by the natives.
The tsetse fly is a blood-sucking fly, slightly larger than
common house fly, whose bite causes the trypansome that,
causes nagana (sleeping sickness) to horses and cattle.
Allied to it is a fly that carries trypansome to man. It was
formerly believed that the bite of the tsetse was harmless to
man, but in 1901 there broke out in Uganda this deadly dis
ese among negroes. Rarely are Europeans affected. The
flies are confined to well defined areas, known as fly belts,
where there is abundant undergrowth. With mechanized
equipment, and with the war of extermination being waged
against the tsetse, it is probably figured there is little risk to
life in the new venture.
The peanut, originally a native of Brazil, is now cultivated
In all warm countries of the world. It is grown as a market
crop with peanut hay as a by-product and as a special forage
crop. It is picked by machines. The nut contains 40 to 50
percent of oil, used in margarines, salad oil, peanut butter
and soap, as well as meal for cattle. The late Dr. George
Washington Carver of Tuskegee institute in his research
work found some 60 uses for the peanut, including fabrics
and plastics.
Labor Not Licked
There was a rude awakening contained in a test vote in
the senate yesterday whereby an amendment to the pending
labor regulation bill which would impose restrictions on industry-wide
bargaining was defeated by a single vote. With
Oregon's Senator Morse leading the attack on the amend
ment sponsored by Senator Taft, labor forces for the first
time revealed n showing of strength in the senate sufficient
to sustaining a presidential veto. The vote was 44 to 43.
While the result of that balloting was a surprise to most
observers who have been marking the progress of labor legis
lation in both of the houses of congress, if did not trip the
more vigilant of the Washington correspondents, those who
have been contending that labor is not going to accept what
ever regulatory restraints the republican majority dishes
up for it.
It is also indicative that labor's campaign of resistance is
bringing results, chiefly in the response of the folks back
home to the appeals of union leaders that they (the home.
folks) join in burying their congressional representatives
under an avalanche of requests to go easy in the matter of
labor restraints. It is evidence that the AI'L campaign ot
full page newspaper advertisements advocating moderation
in labor legislation is bearing fruit. Others see in Unit
single senate roll call a cooling of public sentiment; regarding
strike legislation, part of it due to the public habit of losing
interest that has to be sustained by constantly breaking de
velopments, but more particularly the result; of studied sup.
prcssion of provocative resistance along the labor front.
Construe it as one may, the result of this isolated balloting
means this much whoever interprets it that organized labor
has pulled itself out of a black hole of public disregard bv
refraining from exhibitions of unionism which would arouse
the public ire, and has gone out ol its way to curry popular
favor. To some extent it has succeeded in capturing public
sympathy and by clever maneuvering has recreated manage
ment, in the role of the terrible oppressor and labor as the
victim of oppression.
The stage, all set for a long overdue revision of I he labor
code when the republicans took over in January, has again
assumed the appearance of an anti-management set up, out
of which the nation cannot hope for anv great relief durimr
this session of congress. And the issue has become so
smeared with politics that enactment of legislation based
solely upon its corrective and equitable effects is now almost
out of the question unless there is a spontaneous upsurge of
puonc sennmcnt demanding action tnat. will liring results.
E"r0De lgnreS
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By Don Upjohn
The second anniversary of
VE day revealed that the man
instructed to cement up parking
melcr holes around the business
district had acted literally when
told to fill up all the holes and
also cemented up the holes drill
ed for flag poles around down
town. If any one wonders why
the flags aren't out there's a
good reason for same, ft seems
that the new city manager, form
of government has decided to
plug up ali the holes, whether
loopholes or the other kind.
Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner was a
visitor at the city council meet
ing last, night and broke some
kind of a record this being the
first time in 40 years he's call
ed on the city fathers while in
session. A lot of 'em have come
and gone since bee took 'em off
his visiting list.
Jason Lee Brought Them
(Exchange)
FOR SALE 125 year old
hens. Cheap if taken nt once.
Last Farm Tour
Set for Saturday
The last of a series of tours
sponsored by the Marion Coun
ty Livestock association will
take place on Saturday, May
10. The 4-H, Future Farmers
and veterans are especially in
vited along with every other
Interested breeder.
D. L. SI. John's poultry farm,
one mile east of Gervais, will
Interest ninny folks. The tour
starts there al 0:30 a.m. Next
stop is the John Banick farm,
route 1, Brooks, about one mile
south of Pioneer school. Barnick
has some fine crops, sheep, and
the 4-H club members of th?
family have some fine beef
calves. Sack lunches will be
eaten at the Banick's.
The dairy farm of Otis Van
Blaricom will be viewed at 1
p.m. followed by Floren Zielin
ski's Poland China hog farm at
St. Paul, about one mile west of
the slaughter house.
Cherry Fruit Fly
Meeting Friday
A meeting of all persons in
terested In contract spraying
and duslinir for cherrv fmit fiv
control will be held hi the Mar
ion county agent's office on Fri
day. Mnv 0. at 8 n.m.. accord
ing to D. L. Rasmussen. assistant
connly agent.
Life history of (he cherry
fruit fiv. roeommcnripH snrnv
and dust mixtures, and other in
formation of interest to the con
tract spray men will be dis
cussed at the meeting.
Jack Turnbull. demitv horti
cultural inspector for cherry
fruit fly control in Marion coun
ty, will be al the meeting, to
gether with Frank McKennon
and Al Fleming, both of the
Oregon State department of agri
culture. These men will be pres
ent to answer any questions con
renting the regulatory phases of
the cherry fruit fly control program.
Folks collect all sorts of odd
things in the hope that some
day they may be worth some
money and they can clean up on
'em. It might not be a bad idea
to try laying away a dollar bill
in an out of the way place and
you may wake up in some dis
tant time and find out that s
come to be worth something too.
If the city should decide to let
pin ball machines operate here
as per ordinance introduced at
last night's council meeting
can't help but wonder if there
are enough nickels around here
to keep them and the parking
meters going at the same time?
Inasmuch as the parking meters
operate only between 9 a. m.
and 6 p. m., maybe they could
put a time limit on the pin ball
machines to operate from 6 p. m.
to 9 a. m. and let the nickels do
double duty. The little city cart
which gathers up the nickeis and
pennies could be run around on
that job at night milking the
parking meters and clean out
the pin ball machines in the day
time. Nothing like keeping the
money rolling.
One chap in town is watching
the progress of the Cleveland
baseball team in the American
league with a lot of interest,
same being Ervin Ward, deputy
sheriff. He and Lou Bodreau,
manager of the Cleveland team,
are first cousins, their mothers
being sisters, and were brought
up together as kids in Harvey,
II!., and Ervin says if things go
right Lou plans to come out
here and visit him next winter
for a chin fest. Incidentally,
Ervin's and Lou's respective fa
thers played semi-pro ball to
gether in their young days. But
now while Lou is catching base
balls Erv devotes his time to
catching criminals.
Western Governors to
Protest Slashes in Person
Seattle, May 8 (fl'i "Western governors will appear in person
before the senate sub-commitlce on appropriations to demand
that reclamation funds, slashed by the house, be restored to ap-
nrnnfinl inns
Eight governors and the rep
resentatives of two others
agreed at a one-day conference
here yeslerday to carry their
appeal for adequate money for
reclamation and power develop
ment in the west lo the senate.
As many as possible will visit
the capital when the sub-committee
convenes.
"We sincerely believe that
continued development of such
welfare-producing and self-liquidating
projects is not incon
sistent wilh the commendable
aim of the congress to effect
economy in government," a for
mal statement said.
The statement was signed by
the eight governors, Earl War
ren, California; Man C. Wall
gren, Washington: C. A. Robins,
Idaho: Sam C. Ford, Montana;
Earl Snell, Oregon; Lee Knous,
Colorado; Herbert B. Maw, Utah
and Lester Hunt, Wyoming and
by two representatives of other
chief executives, Charles Carson
for Gov. Sidney Osborn of Ari
zona and Alfred M. Smith for
Gov. Vail Pittmnn of Nevada.
The text of a 12-poinl "decla
ration regarding western rievel
opment" drafted by the confer
No el tie
The Male Animal
Philadelphia, May 8 (.P The
president of the Philadelphia
Models Guild is organizing a
campaign for charm classes for
men.
And "why not?" asks the
comely Violet Hale. "The fel
lows lived the army life, among
nien, so long that they have for
gotten the little things that wo
men value so highly."
She suggests the course cover
such fields as how to dress, pos
ture and carriage, manners and
maybe makeup.
"I hear they now have cos
metics that hide five o'clock
shadow." she said.
Pleasant Discovery
Salina, Kas., May 8 iTi A
letter wilh four cents postage
due arrived at Kansas Wesleyan
University.
School officials, busy con
ducting a drive for $110,000 to
help build a memorial library
in honor of war dead, opened it
to find $270 in cash the gift
of an anonymous donor.
ence was read by Carson, the
Arizona delegate, during a ra
dio, broadcast last night. Other
delegates took part in an infor
mal round table discussion dur
ing the broadcast.
The governors adopted a 12
point "declaration regarding
western development" which
emphasized their contention that
reclamation and hydroelectric
developments are government
investments, not government
spending; that Ihey will be self
liquidating and wealth-producing.
Citing the long government
policy of financing reclamation
development, the statement de
clared: "Conservation, d e v elopment
and intelligent, use of the na
tion's waler resources for recla
mation, power development,
flood control and navigation are
vital lo the economy and to the
safety and well-being of the
American people.
"Failure to make full and ade
quate provision for the schedul
ed development of reclamation
projects would deprive many
veterans of needed farmland
and farming opportunities.
"Failure to make full and ade
quate provision for the sched
uled development of these proj-l
By DeWitt MacKenzie
(AP Foreign Affairs Analyst)
France's political crisis, in
which Socialist Premier Paul
Ramadier has made the sensa
tional move of ousting the five
communist members of his co
alition cabinet, could be the
opening gun in the main engage
ment which has been boiling
up between communism and the
more conservative elements in
western Europe.
It is significant that simul
taneously the battle in the west
ern hemisphere also has inten
sified. Brazil has outlawed the
communist party and is taking
drastic measures to enforce the
edict.
The Redism already has over
run virtually all of eastern Eu
rope and the Balkans. The ques
tion of whether it can drive its
way through to the English chan
nel will be decided in France
Upon this decision also hangs
the fate of numerous other Eu
ropean democracies.
Italy Is Watching
Italy, which long has been
struggling with a similar politi
cal crisis, is watching develop
ments in France with tense an
xiety. In both these strategic
ally important countries the sit
uations have been largely af
fected by grave economic con
ditions. Communism thrives on
bad times in which despairing
people clutch at straws to save
themselves.
What has happened in France
during the past few days is this:
The Ramadier government has
adopted a wage-price freeze
program, and maintained this in
face of the big strike at the
Paris Renault automobile works
for higher wages. This strike
was supported by the com
munists.
Ramadier called for a vote of
confidence in the national as
sembly and received this with
out the support of the com
munists, who have a slightly
larger number of deputies than
any other party. Thereupon the
premier daringly fired the quin
tet of communist ministers.
Then, after a tense session with
his own party council, he receiv
ed its approval of his move.
French politics are as unpre
dictable as are the vagaries of
Vesuvius. However, it seems
clear that the latest develop
ments represent a swing towards
the right politically.
This movement has coincided
with Washington's policy of
helping needy countries with
stand communist aggression.
Moreover, there can be no doubt
that the present French govern
ment's stand has been vastly
bolstered by the knowledge that
it is about to receive the first
portion of the $250,000,000 loan
from the international bank,
promised in connection with the
American-French agree ment
made a year ago. And in Italy
some political groups are urging
break with the communists in
the government as the surest
way to obtain a loan from Uncle
Sam to tide the country through
its economic difficulties.
Numerous elements enter into
the French situation. The coun
try as a whole was strongly con
servative prior to the war. Im
partial observers generally be
lieve that it still is conserva
tive, for the population is large
ly agricultural and the French
tiller of the soil is slow to
change.
However, we mustn't over
look that the hard times througn
which France has been passing
may have changed the outlook
of the people. That point clear
ed up when the ordinarily reluc
tant farmers can be persuaded
to go to the polls en masse and
register their votes. Pending
that time I think we must log
the peasant as conservative
Communism flourishes mainly j
in the big industrial centers.
especially in Paris. j
Then there's another highlvj
important point which we must
remember. The great majoritvi
of the French are staunch Cath-1
olics, and are bound to follow I
the church against communism
And with all this we have the!
decision of General De Gaulle
to return to' politics and head
London, May 8 VP) Europe
virtually ignored the second an
niversary of VE day today in
its preoccupation with finding
food and shelter.
The British war office said
no official celebration was
planned. The BBC scheduled a
late 15-minute commemorative
broadcast.
Premier Paul Ramadier laid
a wreath on the tomb of the un
known soldier in Paris and
there was a brief military pa
rade. American occupation troops
in Berlin held a formal review
with 4,000 soldiers participating
for 45 minutes before members
of the American community
only.
Italy observed the anniver
sary as a holiday, but with lit
tle enthusiasm.
Belgian Premier Paul-Henri
Spaak spoke out for world
friendship.
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia
issued an order of the day call
ing for a military parade to
morrow. Holland celebrated her libera
tion May 5.
senate in point of service, is
a member of a Holrienville law
firm which was handling a prop
erty settlement for Scott's di
vorced wife.
.Mrs. Scott, who charged gross
neglect, was divorced April 26
and said she and Scott had talk
ed over the property settlement
with Anglin in a visit to his law
office last Saturday. She said
there was no animosity dis
played between the two men at
that time, or In the past.
"I can't understand it," she
said, "I never could understand
Jimmie."
Tony Martin Jailed
For Excessive Speed r
Hollywood, Ma y 8 (U.R) '
Crooner Tony Martin said today
from his jail cell that he didn't
think when he pleaded guilty to
speeding that he'd be slapped
with a two-day sentence.
If he had, he said, he wouldn't
have gone into court alone and
unprotected by agents, studio
representatives or lawyers
"I'm not going to try to duck
out of it now," he said. "The
judge thought I had it coming so
I'll serve out my time."
Solon Shot in
'Self Defense'
Oklahoma City, May 8 (U.R)
From a jail cell a young stat2
representative said today that
he shot and wounded an aged
state senator because he
"thought" the senator drew his
pistol first while they stood
talking on the senate floor yes
terday. Authorities said they would
file formal charges of assault
with intent to kill today against
Rep. Jimmie Scott, 34, fresh
man legislator and marine vet
eran of 30 months in the South
Pacific.
From a hospital bed where
he was reported in "good" con
dition from a flesh wound
Scott's victim, Sen. Tom Anglin,
64, said he drew his .25 calibre
automatic from his pocket, but
only after he was shot and fell
to his knees on the red carpet
of the senate floor.
The gunfire which sent some
of the senators and chamber
hangers-on sprinting for the
exits and diving under tables,
was attributed to a hometown
feud between the two pistol-tot
ing legislators. Each of the par
ticipants accused the other of
attempting to kill him and eacn
said he couldn't understand why.
Anglin, oldest member of the
a new party to lead France out
of the wilderness. Can he suc
ceed in persuading the people
to follow him again?
Here we have another ques
tion which can be answered only
by putting De Gaulle's leader
ship to the test. We know that
he was a great champion of the
Free French during the war, but
there are analysts who fore
see the possibility that he is too
much of an individualist to suc
ceed as a peacetime political
leader. We shall know soon,
because the general is on the
war path.
ects would stifle industrial
growth of the west by prevent
ing the generation and trans
mission of additional hydroelec
tric power."
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