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Newspaper Page TextCapital A Journal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publiih.tr Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press and The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively ntitled 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 By Carrier: Weekly, tic; Monthly. 11.00: One Tut, tit 00. By Mill In Oregon: Monthly, 75e; 8 Moi., $4.00; One fear. tt.00. U.S. Outside Oregon: Monthly SI. 00; 6 Mo.. SS.00; Tear. lit. 4 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 23, 1918 The Services Are Interested. Is Salem? Both the air force and navy aviation are interested in locating reserve air units at McNary field here. Two other cities being considered by the navy are Port land and Hillsboro. Portland has the field, but little short on space for adequate facilities. Hillsboro hasn't the facilities but has indicated a willingness to build to meet the services' needs. The locating of one of these units in Salem would be an advantage in building up the airport Either unit would be a contribution to a better field. Only in the past few months was the McNary field ex pansion program approved. It was contemplated at the time that commercial operations, in due course, would be shifted to the west side. That would leave the east aide, now occupied by United Airlines and private flying serv ices, to reserve units of the armed forces and to private flying. However, a nucleus of private hangars has been started on the southwest side of the field. So, McNary field would be in condition to handle the air units of the air force or the navy. The attention either one of the branches of the service would give to their section of the field would certainly be reflected in improve ment to the field in general. The navy, for instance, would probably bring in a de tachment of two officers and 24 enlisted men. Their unit would have, perhaps. 10 naval planes. Operating out of the field, then, would be the naval reserve officers and men in the central Willamette valley. The air forces' unit would be set-up to handle the needs of a reserve squadron, probably covering about the same area as far as reserves are concerned. These flying units are definitely interested in locating here. Now It Is up to the city to make the proper arrange ments financially and in facilities on the field to induce either, or both, the air force and navy to establish their air reserve units here. Murray Purging CIO Reds CIO President Philip Murray's three speeches before the national convention in session at Portland blasting left wing union leaders seems to signalize a long delayed purge for an internal house cleaning of communist controlled unions or at least their leaders. The encouraging feature is the vote of the delegates supporting Murray's proposal, only one delegation the office and professional workers' union abstaining. Murray bitterly assailed the communists,, lashed three of the CIO unions, calling them "unfit and inadequate and publicly dressed down leaders of the office and professional workers, the united public workers and the retail and wholesale workers, and the food and tobacco workers' unions, as "ideological dive bombers," "diabetic theoreti cians" and "apostles of dictatorship." Walter Reuther, president of the I'nited Automobile Workers, supported Murray, telling "these brothers to make up their minds either to get clear into the CIO, or get clear out of the CIO." He attacked all unionists who supported Henry Wallace in the presidential election as following orders from the Kremlin, asking them whether "they are going to be loyal to their country or the Soviet union?'' The communist Hint has been strong in many CIO unions, since its organization by John L. Lewis who seems to have employed all the militant communist agitators available. Ever since Murray's election to succeed Lewis as CIO president, he has worked as far and as hard as he could in his position to purge the CIO unions of commun ist leaders and evidently the showdown has come. It will do much to enhance the stability of the CIO and secure a public support alienated by the radical left wingers. Morse's Proposed Labor Law Senator Wayne L. Morse of Oregon. leader of the repub lican liberal b'.oc in the senate, said in his speech to the CIO convention that senate repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law, which he voted against was riot enough because the ear'.ier Wagner act is also in need of revision. He ad vocated enactment of legislation "fair to both labor and management." a law that would "prevent abuses by both labor and management." Among the proposals made by Morse were: 1. Return of c'.osed shop contracts. 2. Abolition of "mandatory injunctions directed exclu sively against labor." S. Enforced settlement of jurisdictional strikes. 4. Requirement that unions as well as management bar gain in good faith. 5. Elimination of the requirement that union leaders sign non-communist affidavits if they wish to use national labor relations board machinery. He said it was "an insult to patriotic labor leaders." All these suggestions could be put into effect by amend ments to the Taft-Hartley law. a statute enacted with the proviso for continuing revision a experience found necea-sary. BY BECK Parental Problems . ( YOUPE TO REMAIN OUItT SM THS HAY ''' ' ' WOM WHILE WE HAVE AN EVENING Of J ''': C'-'.li BRI06E. I KNOW MP. AHESN JUST HA "''" ?A DAUGHTERS AND THERE ARE OtY GlRl Y, , ' TIM TO PI AY WITH. BUT YOU RE SO I ORNERY WE CAN'T GET SITTERS f- ' l TO STAY WITH YOU . S feSra in If r WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND French Predict War If Ruhr Returned to Cartels By DREW PEARSON Washington On March 7. 1930, Hitler's small, rewly or ganized army marched into the vital Ruhr, publicly thumbing its nose at the giant but motionless French army. All that day the French cabinet met. debated, hesitatea. finally did nothing. One reason they did nothing was their ally across the English Have Faith in Human Nature! 4 St Helens U James O'Conner who runs a meat market today again believed in human nature. OTonner said a woman entered his shop and paid out S1J 50 she said she owed him sinre 1913. O'Conner said he had no record ot the debt and didn't reeognlie the woman who claimed she left St. Helens 35 rears ago but came back and paid the bill. SIPS FOR SUPPER channel. Lon don refused to back France up. This failure to act, with its loss of the Ruhr, was the crucial turning poln leading up to World War II After March 7. 19 3 6, it was only a matter of time. s LYtJ Draw far,M I and II. These are aiso the gen tlemen who have now decided that the Ruhr shall go back to the big German cartels. NOTE Having been wrong so tragically once, the French figure these banker - statesmen can be wrong again. If they ar? wrong, it is the French who will have to pay the penalty. To understand the importance of the Ruhr, you have to under stand what would happen if a slice of the U. S. A. from Pitts- Ah, Rosette! BY DON UPJOHN Richard Hoven of Sidney who dropped a bottle with a note in it in the Willamette last May and has just received an answer from a petite French gal who works in a Paris department store with an English accent may very For after that, Hitler had the burgh ,0 Cleveland to Wheeling 'CRUSADE IN EUROPE' Ike Tells About Getting Set for the Big Invasion ThU U ft condenMd r':if ttloo of Dwunt D. btnnowtr "Cr-jJtd Jn Euro." It eoattitu hUhlhu of th book to t pubiuned November 33, 1944. by DoubtUr Compnf. Copyrighted or Dojblexi. A ComPnj, Inc. By DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER While I have never discussed the matter directly with Mar shall. I have always been confident that it was his decision, more than any one else's that sent me to the Overlord post. Since I first met General Marshall at the beginning of the war I 1elt for him only intense loyalty and respect, and I had al ready Informed P""' kg? the president of my conviction that no one e o u l d under take the Over-Al lord command1 l with greater prospect of sue-' cess than could Marshall. I bet 1 e v e d then, and I be lieve now. that he would have been as preemi nent in field work as he was in the complicated duties he en countered in Washington. Our Mediterranean experi ences had reaffirmed the truth that unity, co-ordination and co-operation are the keys to successful operations. War is waged in three ele- giant coke, coal. iron, steel and chemical industries of the Ruhr. After that, he could leap ahead in the armament race. With the Ruhr in his hands, no other Eu ropean country could catch up with him. That is why France today is more aroused than at any time since she was overrun by Ger man troops, why Charles De Gaulle has threatened to kick out the Marshall plan, why Pres ident Auriol of France has pleaded with the U. S. A., why French communists have jeered at the U. S. A. as the German loving enemy of France. For handing the Ruhr back to the German cartels means just one thing to the French the turning point toward an other war. For whoever controls the and infantry to secure tactical success against the enemy he is Ruhr controI, Europe Otatrml Tk' On Christmas eve we listened to the radio, having learned that President Roosevelt was to make a significant speech. Dur ing that talk he made the first public announcement of my transfer to command of Over lord and included in the state ment the designation of the title I was to assume. The title was Supreme Com mander, Allied Expeditionary Forces. This sounded very imposing. As the situation then stood In Italy, it was apparent that a steady advance up the peninsula demanded a succession of out flanking operations by sea, pref- W. Va., were carved out of our economy. Removal of the great blast furnaces and rolling mills in this area would paralyze the auto industry, the construction industry, farm machinery, ma chine tools. Almost every in dustry would come to a halt. Likewise, France. Italy. Bel gium, most of Europe are part ly dependent on Ruhr coal, cokt or steel. The consumers are even more concerned than the pro ducers. To them the Ruhr is vital for two reasons: 1. To make sure it doesn't become another arsenal for war. 2. To make sure its raw ma terials continue to build up a peaceful Europe. To that end, it is being pro posed by some Washington ad visers that Ruhr factories be imanfionl rnt hv rpnnin Mr. During the years between the teU but bv ne"utral co-opera- J -1 W 1 - W T i tives. The Swedes, Norwegians, Swiss. Dutch. Belgians are trusted in Europe because they are small and don't want war. If war comes, thev have most to many, much of it to the Ruhr. Iow Their ,take in peace is tre- aimuuaneousiy, me canning mendous. well have started something. Our first inclination in reading this yarn in our favorite pa- LOU per was to be gin s c u r rying around the basement at home for all the old bottles we could find. We may well ex pect that pretty soon now a chap standing on the river bridge will have thing to do In the YMCA. No, the purloiner didn't leave an other in place of as far as the sheriff knows. Anyway, the county's chief executive officer would probably be glad to get hit hat back with no questions asked. Oh lJhB Doc Pat Campbell has offered what we consider the top notch comment on the selection of California to appear in the Rose Bowl New Year's day. "It sounds all right to me," said Doc. "As long as the Big Nine hard time is sending its second team out trying to count the bottles as tc- the coast to play in the Rose quite figure what a Parisian gal do the same and tro' out ils with the intriguing name of Ro- second team?" So that shouldj sette was doing hunting for bot- settle that matter, ties along the scummy bank of the Seine. Mavbe the madamoi- Tlm ure race by- For selles have a different way of n hould happen but anoth- passing their leisure hours than ,'"ue 01 ne 8- om rarm the gals over here. end of World War I and 1933 when Hitler came to power, the banking firm of Brown Broth ers. Harriman dumped around one million dollars of Ameri can investors' money into Ger ers Almanac pops up on our desk again. The same which has been published every year since 1766 and stilt going strong. The almanac has had a great lnflu- the lives of a lot of people. For instance, we quote from a copy of the 1799 issue which says the almanac. firm of Dillon, Read dumped several hundred millions much of it also into the Ruhr. In 1933, the Harriman bank ing firm retained John Foster Dulles to go to Berlin and pur- If a co-operative to operate the Ruhr was formed and these smaller, neutral countries given a dominant part in the manage ment. French fears would cease. Furthermore, the Germans could There are two surprising fea tures to this little item. One is, tnat it happened in the YMCA. The other that it happened to nce on the sheriff. Yea, the other night Sheriff Denver Young took in the smorgasbord at the said in stitution. With the result he got sheriff in North Carolina at the plenty to eat but he lost a high- present time is reported to guide class new hat. Yea, somebody the activities of his deputies by walked away with same, proba- consulting .the almanac: -when . , . ,. .. . . . . the moon is full, he says. 'my bly not knowing it belonged to ilwv, fulI t00 . .. N the sheriff but without doubt dcubt the same could be said for knowing it was not the proper the inmates. MacKENZIE'S COLUMN ments. but there is no separate erabiy on bot), flanks land, air or naval war. Unless all assets in all elements are ef ficiently combined and co-ordinated against a properly selec ted, common objective, their Head-on attacks against the enemy on his mountainous fron tiers would be slow, and ex tremely costly. I agreed to the general desir- maximum potential power can ,bility of continuing the ad- not be realiied. vanco but pointed out that the Physical targets may be sep- Ending of two partially skele- arated by the breadth of a con- tonized divisions at Anzio. a tinent or an ocean, but their hundred miles beyond the front destruction must contribute in imeJ as tnen situated, would maximum degree to the lurtner- not oniy be a riskv affair but ance of the combined plan of operation. That is what co-ordination means. Not only would I need com manders who understood this truth, but I must have those who appreciated the importance of morale and had demonstrated a capacity to develop and main tain it. Morale is the greatest single factor in successful war. I was happy to secure Air Chief Marshal Tedder as my deputy for Overlord. In the Med iterranean he had won the re spect and admiration of all his associates not oniy as a brilliant airman but as a staunch sup porter of the "allied" principle as practiced in that command Authority was also granted to take along my chief of staff. General Walter B. Smith, with out whose services it would have been difficult to organize a staff for the conduct of the gres; allied operation I at first understood that or iginally either General Alexan der or General Montgomery was available for the command of the British forces in the new venture At that time I expressed a preference for Alexander, pri marily because I had been so closely associated with turn ar.d had developed for him an ad miration and friendship which have grown wth the years I re gsrded Alexander that the attack would not by it self compel the withdrawal of the German front. The prime minister was nev ertheless determined to carry out the proposed operation. He and his staff not only felt cer tain that the assault would be a great and prompt success but they engaged to release the land ing craft as quickly as the two divisions had been established on theh beach. In the final outcome the An- suade the Reichsbank not to not object default on its interest. Dulles French, British. American In 1B26 had assailed the state even German representatives department for its policy of put- could sit in on the management, ting a damper on loans to Ger- but the small neutrals would many. hold the balance of power. The state department had The principle of a co-opera-warned that U. S. loans were five is that the consumer is just helping rearmament. But Dulles as important as the producer. ad'ied the American publio If the cooperative makes more to invest in European securities money, the consumer gets a divi and kept repeating this advice dend. "He shares in the manage even when it was all too ap- ment. parent that German bonds were Ruhr industry is so important not worth the paper they were to the consumer nations of Eur printed on. ope that they deserve a voice Today. Mr. Dulles is head of in its control. Furthermore, the American delegation to the their control will give the best United Nations and a top adviser quietus to French fears, the best to the Truman administration, safeguards for future peace. Eire's Last Tie With Britain By DeWITT MacKENZIE The bill now before the parliament of Eire, to sever the last remaining tie between that country and the British common wealth, will cause no surprise to those who know the depth of the bitterness which. mi Today, the former head of Dillon, Read. James V. Forres tal, is secretary of national de fense, while his old banking partner. William H. Draper, is undersecretary of the army. Today. Averell Harriman of the Harriman banking firm which poured money into Ger many is U. S. ambassador un der the Marshall plan, while another Harriman banking part ner. Robert Lovett, is under- zio operation paid off handsome- secretary of state. ly but in its initial stages it These are the gentlemen who developed exactly as my head quarters thought it would. Not even the Russians could successfully object to such a solution. Today the Scandinavian coun tries operate highly efficient and successful cooperatives. So do the British. If the economic heart of Eu rope is left to the handling of the same American bankers the Forrestais the Dulles? and the Harrimans who helped re juvenate Germany after World War I. then you can write it the southern Ir ish feel for Eng land. That is strong language. 1 4rf But if you had Wssr v been a witness?s3rj1 of the "BloodyJT Easter Week Re-p-. bellion" of 1916 as I w as and had seen other phases of the strife in that tumultuous period accredit Eire's representatives as I did then you would i foreign countries and to sign understand. international agreements. That The spirit of independence iJn't much of a bond, but Mr. flames fiercely in E:re. and the Costello's bill will cut even that, memories of her citizens a r e if passed by parliament. DtWIlt MftcKtaito "We can't have a picture of the parliament building taken with the queen in front of it." "Well." I remarked, as I took another look at the famous queen who had been dead half a cen turv. "I knew the feelinff hers against England was bitter, but I didn't suppose It was this bad." The only tie remaining be tween England and Eire is an act which allows the British king to long. I ran into a striking Illustra tion of this the last time I was in Dublin. I was out to take pictures of some of the old build- The gain will be absolute sov ereignty without any semblance of attachment to the British crown. And if there is any loss involved, Eire will be glad to take it. The prospects are that ings of the capital, and wanted there may be some. something be Britain s sides pmfeath outstanding sold er in the field ers out of our teeth POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER Somethin'to Be Thankful for BY HAL BOYLE New York There are many thinps to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, not including the price of turkey. For example, everybody can still afford a cranberry So let the cost of the drumstick scar. It'll take more than that to turn the 1948 Thanksgiv ing into a tur key. We can al ways give the a traditi o n a 1 U" 7 tW bird and p:ckjf loaned the monev to build up down that World War III is just the Ruhr between World Wars around the corner. However, the only way to make international co-operation work is to try it. not talk about it. And the Ruhr is the all-important place to begin. If we don't begin with co operateive control of the Ruhr now. then we can get ready to fight to take it back from Rus-sian-nazi cartels later. to include the house of parlia ment. That was difficult because a huge statue of old Queen Victo ria stood right in front of the For example, the citizens of Eire who are in England have the rights of British citizens, and the same is true In all the Brit ish dominions. Presumably the structure and all but cut off the people of Eire will be deprived front view. I had finally taken of this right. Further. Eire now a couple of pictures when a uni- gets imperial preferences and formed officer came up and advantages in trade over for- said: eign nations. m The ghost is still walking ev- thing the Germans had in 1939. ery payday. Most bosses are At long last an etiquette book meeting their payrolls on time. nov Ms men don't have to take including the biggest of all the off their hats in office elevators government. It sends checks when a woman enters. now to about one out of every six families Television programs are bet ter Some nights not a sirgle wrestling match shows up on the screen. Lumber is getting plentiful. Pretzels are in good supply. Yes. all in all. there's a lot to be thankful for. Everybody working, loving and living in a land of peace. Of course, there's a dark side Soon a man will be able to afford t0 ,h Picture Uncle Sam owes to be buried in a pine coffin of strategy. He was. moreover, a friendly and agreeable type: Americans Instinctively liked him. The prime mlnis'er finally de Forget the turkey. Let s count again. a few real blessings to be thank- ful for: The election is over, and it is now p"ib'.e to turn on a radio $290.000 000.000. which is SI,- 731 apiece for every man, wom an and child. But you know rel atives they're always in debt. Why worry? We re better off Snowballs in Honolulu! Seattle Tkeee persons h stand arund the Honolulu airport and strum nkelelea and sing "Aloha" when tht planes arrive are la for a surprise. They're going to get pelted with i snowballs. Northwest Airlines said It will tarry the snowballs, har vested on Ml. Rainier and Individually wrapped, on Its tnto fsiral flight from Seattle to Honolulu Dee. t. When the plane land, passengers and stewardess will toss the snowballs to the reception committee to shew how ragged things are In the states. He Just Doesn't Like Speed Peterafleld. England l The age of speed has a dermatic dissenter In former army officer Raymond Francis Bslrd. Balled Into court for pulling an emergency stop ford on a train traveling (t miles an hour, he paid " hill ings M In "es and court eosts and declared: "I have written to the railways saying I will pnll all trains p when they are (sing too fast" e'a a rsfnlar psssssgsr. So many motor cars are be ing turned out that by 1951 ev ervbody who can't afford a car will be able to buy one anyway, than the Pilgrims, who borrowed eided. however, that Alexander without hearing a politician run- Russia hssn t taken another this country from t h e Indian should not be spared from tne ring for office on his vocal European country all year. and never paid it back. Italian operation, which would chords Tn s army, three years Never mind the turkey Pass have an important effect upon The longshoremen's strike tied '" ,h "' r medium the cranberries I thir.k Tve got the one we were to undertake up scores of vessels, but the ship 'ank in the field equal to any. room for one more, the following summer, and from of state is rill rocking along on which he still hoped for almost an even keel. decisive results Congress is out of session. Consequently General Mont- The new look isn't getting any gorrery w-s assigned to com- longer mand the British forces in the Nobody has smarted a post-sea- new operation, a choice accept- son football contest called "The able to me Soup Bowl " General Montgomery has no More stores are stocking two Superior in two most Important parts suit OPEN FORUM Small Terrier Offered Little Doug To the Editor: I read the piece in the paper about someone taking little Doug s puppie Would you be kind enough to find out if he got it back yet. If not. I have a small toy terrier (male) tr.at I will give him. Just let me . characteristics He quickly de velop among Britisn enlisted reen an intense devotion and ad miration the greatest personal asset a commander can possess. Mon:soirer s other outstand ing characteristic is his tactical aoility in what might be called The goose hangs high In the land. Every body is working, go ing to college, or waiting for the army to call him up and end his housing problem The business depression pre dicted for 199 hasn't arrived. The financial Caswandras who the ' prepared ' battle In the forecast tt have joined the po- STudy of enemy positions nd I.tical pollsters on the rrourrer situation and in the combining bench or els takxg lesson in of hi own armor, arlUiery, ao? astrology. know his address and 1 11 see that he gels it. Some people sure are mean when they take a small child pet. don t you think MRS LAURENCE HOFFMAN Star route. S.lverton P S : I have four boys of my own. and they are more than man and all the other nice peo ple who wrote or phoned in an offer of a dog for little Doug, go the thanks of Doug parents. Strangely enough little Koko. the pup. walked back into his home Monday morning He had not been mistreated. Hi ta:l glad to see that Doug get this wsggea nappny. ne was gist to puppie of ours back with little T g What had brought him baca a a ttditoc'a Nu: To Urs. HofJ- mystery ) g fiX for a Thanksgiving i ) S0CIETE FINE CANDIES I W SOGETE French Creams ... a delicious Js assortment of quality CZ2- "" chocolates Tisre-tempcins fivorites from eCl the SOCIETE FAMILY (ftSir of FINE CANDIES tefcvflk iww IMMttAL CASPT CO.