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Newspaper Page TextCapital A Journal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketo St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wirt Service of the Associated Press and The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATESt Br Carrier: Weekly, ZSc; Monthly, $1.00; One Year, S12.00. By Mall In Oregon: Monthly, 75c; 6 Mos., $4.00; One Year, $8.00. V.S. Outside Oregon: Monthly, $1.00; 6 Mo., $6.00; Year, $12. 4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 1, 1948 BV BECK Husbands km Ysim ISN'T WINDV.' YOU'RE RI6HT" SAYS HE. AND THEN KEEPS C. VI Li C C I .( III T- -! - V" nniU"SI " PW IMC f r - BREtZc. TALK ABOUT A I T-J MULE BEING STUBBORN JL? JZ m iityjggaiB rami I -i,rrnV:'i.!iiill,'ii Stalemate in Development The clash between the Columbia river fishing interests and the advocates of industrial development by the use of hydro-electric power at the first meeting of the Columbia valley committee of the Pacific Northwest Development association at Spokane Thursday emphasizes the fact that the people of this region must make up their minds quickly on the subject. While the fishing industry is an important asset, it is a minor one compared to the indus trial and agricultural development of the northwest which can only proceed by the use of the waters of the mighty Columbia for irrigation of land and power pro duction. All history shows that what we call civilization is in the long run fatal to fishing, especially salmon fishing. The conversion of streams into lakes and canals for in dustry and commerce deprives the water of its oxygen needed for fish life, especially the pollution caused by oil and gasoline waste, refuse and sewage, while high dams prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds. The number of people supported by salmon fishing is email in Oregon compared to those in industry and farm ing. The backers of Columbia river fishing interests bluntly announced that the industry "is not going to see one of our greatest natural resources salmon fishing wrecked without a fight." They claimed three-fourths of the Col umbia tributaries have been lost to salmon spawning, and that they did not wish to see any new projects begun until those now under way are completed. A conflicting view was presented by supporters of rapid power and reclamation development in the Columbia river watershed. They told the conference that several irriga tion projects in Oregon and Idaho are at a standstill and the urgency of the northwest flood problem demands swift action. Thomas H. Robins of Astoria, Ore., a retired army gen-, ral who supervised construction of Bonneville dam, said the only real relief for the impending northwest power shortage is the McNary dam. "We must get work on that dam moving faster," he said. John Lee of Rigby, Idaho, said local differences hove impeded construction of the Palisades dam in southern Idaho, which would greatly ease Snake and Columbia river flood conditions. Lack of hydro-electric power is crippling established in- , dustry and keeping out new industries and all power con- eerns, private as well as federal owned, urgently stress the necessity of developing new projects, many of which must be constructed by privately owned utilities, to meet txisting and future demands. Sooner or later the question must be solved as to whether we are to go forward, stand still, or go backward and the ; greatest benefit to the greatest number will probably eventually prevail, for declining salmon runs will force the I commercial fishermen to develope the inexhaustible fish ; gupplie of the ocean. ; Not All 'Red Herrings' The Scripps-Howard newspapers, in a copyrighted Washington story, says that official records show at least 89 top U. S. military, industrial and scientific war secrets have been revealed to Russia through communist spies. This number, it is stated is a minimum figure "covering only the little that can be told now of Soviet spy work during the past seven years." The article continues : "It doesn't cover losses known only to top government offi cial which still are too hot to divulRe, nor does It cover secrets ttolen but not missed. The compilntion of secret and restricted material which Russian agents obtained . . , combines the U. S. losses shown In the Canadian atom spy case with those recorded by the house un-American activities committee and Items listed in FBI material available for publication." The information on the atomic bomb is declared to be only a small part of the "take" by the Russian spy net work. There are in addition, radar secrets, new propel lanta and explosives, proximity fuse and similar devices, data on jet-propulsion, ect. Rep. McDowell (R., Pa.), one of the congressional com mittee investigating un-American activities, places the number of America's top war secrets that have fallen into the hands of Russians at over 100. Information gathered by the house committee, the royal Canadian commission and the FBI indicates, McDowell aald, that the Russians have acquired American secrets in these categories: Atomic Information; Jet propulsion; highly important gun materiels; radar; chemical data; state department policy docu ments; defense and detection devices; new explosives; airfield locations. These do not include secrets stolen but not missed and some losses known only to top government officials which they do not care to admit. Where there is so much smoke, there must be some fire. And the fires cannot all be "red herrings," Portland Is Not the Only One Portland admits that it is in a pickle on down-town park ing spaces. That city figures it should have 700 new auto parking paces at once. And then until 1065 the growing metro politan area will require 700 additional each year. The study happens to stop at 1965, but is obvious on the face of it that Portland will not stop growing at that particular time. The offered solution is this: Multi-story garages or decks above ground. It was decided that the converting of park blocks into underground garages is not necessary. The per year cost of this solution is estimated at f 765, 000 at today's construction figures. This is a bold approach to a problem that every growing city in the United States is facing. If some approach like this is not made, however, the result will be an extensive spreading of business into suburban sections. This result has already taken place in the large metropolitan areas, like Los Angeles. Salem's down-town parking problem differs from that of Portland only in size. The need for additional park ing spaces is here with a vengeance. And it is a problem that gets increasingly worse as the city grows. One of these days the down-town merchants must attack the problem with a determination to una a solution or there will be great regret for the delay in reaching a work able parking program. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Truman Missed Rosenman On Board Campaign Train By DREW PEARSON Washington While Governor Dewey's campaign train operates with clockwork precision, even to the exact timing of the moment when Paul Lockwood takes the Dewey manuscript up to the rostrum, President Truman's train does not. It's much more helter-skelter, hit and miss, hot and human. Some of the V4 io-r in mm lilJ SIPS FOR SUPPER jealousies and backbiting of the palace guard are all too obvious. For Instance, the president did not know until the last minute that Judge Sam Hose n m a n of New York wasn't going to be on his spe cial train. Shortly before leaving Wash ington, Truman asked his aides: "What's happened to Sam? He promised to help out dur ing the campaign. Why isn't he here?" Speech-Writer Clark Clifford The Big Day BY DON UPJOHN This Is the great day of the year when business and professional men, laborers and a lot of just plain loafers start for the woods. The business men, et cetera who have been spending the balance of the year In an unrelenting jpKj elusive buck, to say nothing of the dough, put on old clothes and red hats and start out on an unrelenting hunt for what why the elu sive buck, of D Vfl,to, course, with the hope they won't make a mistake and bag the elusive doe as well. In other words, to these guys, life Is just one chase after a buck, whether at work or at play. In fact some of them exist from one deer season to another and about the only fun they get when It isn't deer sea son Is occasionally picking up the favorite gun and fondling it like a mother does a baby. The only more alert guys during deer season are the morticians. Incidentally, County Commis sioner Roy Rice started on a business trip this a.m., way up the Abiqua to look at a road. It must be he is contemplating something serious up there as he took a gun along wi"i him, also, Fred Bynon is chuckling over a story in our favorite paper the other evening revealing that Salem has passed the 50,000 mark in population, reached 51,000 in fact. He and his then partner, Louis Bechtel way back at the turn of the century had the landscape hereabouts plas tered with signs predicting 50, 000 population for Salem by 1910. "We finally made It," said Fred, "if we were only 38 years off. One of those signs should be dug up and framed on a wall at the Chamber of Commerce." So if anybody has saved one of same as a souvenir it could now be put to trium ant use. Our wife's cucumber patch which has been yellow with blossoms shows nary a cucum ber. Maybe she could borrow Dominie Swift to loan her his bee for a few days. Noting political advertise ments of Andy Burk beginning to sprout up in the papers it appears he's wearing the same hat he did when he launched his first campaign for sheriff 16 years ago, or one mighty nigh like it. ANIMAL LIFE Cat, Heroine of London Blitz, Dies London W) Faith, 12-year-old feline heroine of London's Blitz, is dead. She was the house cat at St. Paul's church in Watllng street. She shielded her litter in a corner through bombing and fire which destroyed the church except for a section of tower since made into a chapel. A plaque in the chapel records that on Sept. 9, 1940, "roofs and masonry exploded. Four floors fell through in front of Faith; fire, water and ruin were all around her. Yet she stayed calm and steadfast and waited for help." The London Times famed editorial page noted Faith's passing today with a half column tribute to "a Cockney cat" for "war-time devotion to domestic duty." POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Clambake or No Clambake, New England Is No Clam By HAL BOYLE Portsmouth, N. H. W Any resemblance between a New Eng lander and a clam, living or dead, is purely coincidental. I found this out by going to a clambake here. 11 J list isn l m Drew Fearian his services to Chief of Staff Marshall in any capacity. Truman also took a lefthand ed crack at those who sought farm deferments and remarked that none of the men around him had sought draft exemp tion. Behind this speech was the advice of various Trumanites to give the all-out facts on Gov ernor Dewey's farm deferment, at a time when he was not in public office but was practic ing law in New York. Truman's advisers also want ed him to call the roll of the four men on the Dewey brain trust, and point out that though of draft age, none saw war serv ice. That was what was behind the president's reference to his Putting Squeeze on Accordions Washington W The United States is suing 29 accordions. No, not accordion players. Accordions, The instruments were named defendants In a district court suit which charged them with entering the country Illegally, in company with a package of accordion straps, two boxes of spare parts and a couple of trunks. The accordions and their lawbreaking sidekicks have been held since December, 1917, when an alert customs Inspector put the squeeze on them. Now the government wants them placed In Its permanent custody. For a long stretch, presumably, 'YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT' Report on Salem by the Mayor: The City Charter and Its Meaning (Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles on the government of Salem, how It operates, and how It affects each person In the city. This report is timely In view of the proposition on the November ballot to change the form of city government). gave a noncommittal answer. "I guess Sam doesn't have own war record In California time for us anymore," he said. . Real fact, however, was that Rosenman did not run out on Truman. He was ready and THOMAS GETS LOCKJAW While more and more New Jersey newspapers are demand- willing to go on the trip, but ing that Congressman J. Par- The postage stamp issued to commemmorate the territory's centenary not so long ago has completely disappeared at the local post office under the de luge of new ones coming along in an endless row. But a lady just arrived from the middle west says that the post offices back in Nebraska and there abouts have so many of the Ore gon stamps on hand they don't know what to do with 'em. Ja son Lee and John McLoughlin apparently are going to lose out on a lot of advertising. others around Truman didn't want him. It was Rosenman who helped prepare the president's accept ance speech at the Philadelphia convention, probably the great est Truman ever delivered. Rosenman also had a hand in the message to the special con- true that New Englandcrs re- aarA a flam nc a blabber- mouth, rney are as talkative as anybody. The only ob stacle In t h e f- cath of having fe-t a conversation JI with a New Englander i s trl ..A... aCJ nell Thomas answer this col umn's charges that he accepted kickbacks from his hired help and used his influence during the war to keep young men who contributed to his cam paign away from the battle front And though Thomas seems to have developed lockjaw, he did gress, has advised Truman to "?ake. a femark he ther dav do more ad-libbing, told him to lay off the civil-rights issue during the campaign. "It has already done enough damage to the party," Rosenman cau tioned. However, Clark Clifford, Truman's other chief ghost writ er, and John Snyder, secretary of the treasury, who is jealous of anyone with too much presi dential influence, haven't been fond of Rosenman. Somehow or other it was ar ranged that he not be invited on the campaign train. NOTE Bob Sherwood, famed playwright, who ghosted many of FDR's speeches, felt differently about working for when it summoned him behind Truman. Unlike Rosenman, he closed doors to tell what he side-stepped a suggestion that knew about atomic spies, he travel on the train. The probing congressmen tried every trick to wangle in- GOP DRAFT RECORD formation out of him, even in- Truman advisers also can't vited him to speak off the rec- make up their minds as to ord. whether they should go after But Groves sidestepped all showing he is at least conscious of what has been written about him. Meeting Thomas outside his office, his secretary asked for a lift into town. Thomas Instruct ed her to wait in the car for him. As she headed down the hallway, he called after her: "You'll find Drew Pearson around that corner." SILENT ATOMIC BOMBARDIER Inside fact is that Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, wartime boss of the atomic-bomb project, was of little help to the house un American activities committee the Deweyites on their war rec ords. The president gave a veiled hint of this in his California speech in which he told how, when a senator, he had offered MacKENZIE'S COLUMN hot questions by reading the president's directive that no of ficer, active or reserve, may give confidential Information to congress. (Copyright 1948) By ROBERT L. ELFSTROM (Mirer of Ina CHr ( Salem) The City of Salem belongs to you, the people, who make It your home. It is a municipal corporation and you are its "stockholders." Its affairs are conducted by the officials you have elected by majority vote. These officials are your mayor and seven alder- men, who comprise the city council. By your vote two years ago, you adopted the city manage- city council. j ment form of government and a The charter provides the pro- i city manager was hired to han- cedures to be followed in the ad dle the business affairs of your ministration of public works and municipal corporaton. As citi- improvements and it authorizes zens you are entitled to know the city's ownership and opera what progress has been made tion of its water system, since that time. While the affairs of the water The purpose of this series of system are administered by the articles is to give you that in- the city manager, only the city formation. council can fix the rates to be In this, the first of the series, paid by the people, we want to tell you about the The city charter was adopted city charter what it is, its pur- by the people and for the peo- pose and how it works. pie, and it protects them against many possible abuses and The city charter is Salem's against possible mismanagement constitution or, we might say, of the city's business affairs, its rules and regulations It restricts the council's right It was granted by legislative to impose taxes. The matter of act in 1899. It defines and out- taxation is governed by state lines what your city government budget laws which apply to all can and cannot do. city corporations. The city charter designates The city charter protects the the council's powers and respon- citizens of Salem from payment sibilities, but it also lmits the of road taxes against property council's authority. The coun- inside the city limits. This has cil does not have the power to saved Salem property owners amend the charter. That can many thousands of dollars in be done only by the people, by taxes. Only a few cities have a majority vote at an election, charters with such protection. You, the people, amended the If you, the people, should repeal charter in 1946 to provide for your present charter you would your city management form of lose this advantage, government. Until then, your Only you, the people of Sa- city council administered all the lem, can amend or repeal your city's business affairs. city charter. It is now your city manager's duty to execute the administra- We believe Saem., charter , tive affairs of the city govern- ,, and we believe it is work- ment but in accordance with the ing for tne best lnterests of a established policies of the coun- majorty of the people. In other k . articles we are going to present for your information, we will The city manager is the hired tell you about the progress Sa- avniitiira nf Kk IT! i , i i. ..... . . iiic ma jem nas maae in tne past two duties and responsibilities are years. designated and his authority is When you have read these "mltea- articles, we believe you will He has no power, for exam- have a better understanding of pie to make or repeal the city's your city government, how it laws or ordinances. Such rights works and how its many prob and powers belong only to your lems are being solved. France Stands Beside U. S. in Battle With Ru?ia By DeWITT MacKENZIE iaP Porcisn Altai Analrat) One of the most significant and hopeful aspects of the east-west quarrel over Berlin is the manner in which France finds herself able to stand squarely beside America and Britain In charging Rus sia with menac i n g world peace. For those familiar with the situation it was a moment , of great drama ! when French Foreign Minis ter Schu man confirmed French - British DeW"1 MacKrmia the i$2!y$J$ Moreover, whole story. that's not the The defense ministers of the five western European alliance nations France, Britain, Bel gium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Paris last Monday to discuss plans for coordinating their military resources. It was unofficially under stood later from British sources Prisoner Becomes Homesick Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 1 W Members of the Pennsylvania board of pardons said today they are considering the commu tation plea of a prisoner who wrote "frankly, gentlemen, I am homesick." The board identified the prisoner as Percy Reid Miller, 24, of Lancaster, Pa., serving a three-to-six year sentence at East ern state penitentiary, Philadelphia, on robbery charges. The board, in a letter to District Attorney John M. Ranck of Lancaster county, quoted Miller as writing: "Frankly, gentlemen, I am homesick . . . give mc a crack at the outside world again, and if I fail you, I will be more surprised than anybody." American solidarity in address- that the ministers discussed a ing the general assembly of the program of point action even United Nations in Paris. to the extent of mobilization isn't likely to find na gold mine, strike oil or discover Captain Kidd's buried wealth. His roots are deep and strong and old. He likes to know that he probably will have the same neighbors all his days. Up this way winter and me mory stay a long while. One of the most interesting New Eng enders I've met was a lady who had been exploring an old an- need of first convincing him that cestor. you are worth talking to. Once She located his home and you're over that hurdle the rest found that some unusual wall Is easy. paper he had brought back The New Englander may from France was still in use mince his meat but he doesn't 149 years later. The present mince his words. He gets full owner of the house gave the value from them and he bud- lady a souvenir fragment of the gets his adjectives as carefully old wall paper, and she took it as he does his Income. to a wall paper manufacturing He may try to sell you an firm and sold the design, antique but he won't try to In checking back on her an sell you an opinion. cestor's military record, she made another discovery the The New Englander doesn't government never paid him his Indulge much In the bragging salary for his service as a naval local pride that is typical of officer during the war of 1812. many American regions. He The lady now is planning a cam doesn't boast he has the biggest palgn to make the national trea climate or the best sunsets. He sury fork over, isn't the booster type. "It isn't a great deal of mon He likes his own neat land ey," she said firmly. "But if the and leaves you free to make up government owes it then cer your own mind whether you talnly it ought to pay up." like It or don't. And I think eventually Wash He likes his own town so well ington will have to. She's a de that he won't leave it for larger termined lady and to me opportunity elsewhere. He is she's the spirit of New Eng willlng to face the fact that he land. He declared that the three in the "Bht of the tension over western powers had "exhausted Berlin. They were said to have every possibility of direct considered concrete measures agreement" with Moscow. He in event the crisis developed in- said the trio hadn't found even 10 9rmea action "a minimum of good will" in their talks with Russia. True, that was mild compar ed with the emotional and fiery Well, what effect will all this have on an aggressive Bolshe vism? Certainly it will be im pressive, but will it be impres- denunciation of Red tactics by sive e.nolgh to halt the Red British Foreign Secretary Bev- offensive? in. But there was a vast differ- Will Russia and her satellites ence in the position of these two withdraw from the United Na- statesmen. tions and go their own way whilethe democracies go Schuman was bound to have tne'rs? , . , in mind the economic and mlli- , tary weakness of his w a r- Thcre ls ,a Possibility, as this stricken country. He couldn't column pointed out yesterday, foraet that the communists have that tne u- N- ma-V spilt over the largest single political party in France and have a powerful hold on labor. the Berlin imbroglio. However, I think that will depend on the nature of the C1..rlv ,. rm.ct vniri action taken by the U. N. in war at all hazards within rea- pealing with the charges of the son. And she mustn't assume democracies. An eiton toinv any attitude which would seri ously conflict with her funda pose- heavy sanctions likely would result in the communists mental policy of not allowing walking out of the "peace" or- Germany again to become cap- !,"""" able of waging war. On the other hand, the Mus Yet Schuman threw down the covites are bound to consider gauntlet to Red Russia, there- carefully before quitting, be by enabling the three democra- cause membership in the U. N. cles to present a solid front at R!ves them " 8od chance for this dangerous moment. obstruction and for sounding Clearly, a terrible weakness , .. in the defenses ow western Europe against communist ag gression would have been ex- Anyway, we find encourag ing solidarity among the demo cracies. There can be no great er eviripnee of snlirinritv than ft posed had France felt unable determination to stand up to take her accustomed place against aggression with both School Days Should Be Happy Days By J. B. WILLET ef lha Capital Drag Star School days are happy days for healthy children. To be happy, children must enjoy the feeling of "belonging" and chil dren who have good hearing, good eyesight, and attend school regularly have that feeling. For they are always aware of what is going on. If your child hasn't had a phy sical examination before school began let the doctor check him or her now and make certain that eyes, ears, and general health are up to the demands of school days. Then you can send your child off to school each morning with a light heart, knowing that he or she is getting the- most out of school in education and fun. Thla la tht tRSra at a aerlta af Edltarlal adTtrtlstmenta aaaearlni la thla aapar each Frlaar. Capital Drug Store State It Liberty Phone I-Slll beside her old allies. fista.