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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April SO, 1949
Play Equipment for Children
Whenever a group wants something done for a com
munity, state or nation, the usual procedure is to let the
government do it. But one group in Salem has decided
, not to follow this procedure. That group is the Salem
i Junior Woman's Club which has decided to see that the
-. city's playgrounds are equipped as playgrounds.
At present there are park locations throughout the city,
but the extent of playground equipment on those locations
is a wading pool at Marion square. Heretofore, the policy
' has been to use school grounds which do have the neces
sary equipment for recreation.
" This Salem Junior Woman's Club, however, wants to
,,put playground equipment on the vacant park areas where
.such equipment is planned. Club officials interested in
, the project have taken up their plans with the city man
ager who has indicated the city's cooperation.
- The Junior Woman's Club members feel that the chil
- dren of the city between the ages of four and 12 need
more play facilities. So the members intend to enlist
'the cooperation of local service clubs and other interested
organizations in this plan to give young children of Salem
play facilities to keep them busy and out of mischief.
Already two local firms have committed their shops to
construction of these facilities at cost. Planned are
swings, slides, merry-g'-round scats, and the like.
As a starter, the Junior Woman's Club hopes to get
. enough money in contributions to put this type of equip
h ment in Marion Square and in Highland park. That would
be this summer, if they make good on their intentions.
The club's project is worthwhile. And the way the
members are trying to accomplish their aim by assum
ing the responsibility, instead of letting the city do it, is
good. All in all, the club deserves encouragement from
. all sides with its project.
''Berlin Blockade Talks
..' President Truman at his recent press conference said he
was much encouraged by the conversations with Russia
on the lifting of the Berlin blockade and that he thought
the Russians are acting in good faith in the negotiations.
rThis is reminiscent of the president's campaign speech in
' Eugene last year when ho referred to Stalin as "good old
''Joe," for whom he has evidently a soft spot in his heart
for, despite his sad experience at Potsdam. We hope Mr.
Truman is right this time.
i The Russians took the initiative in broaching the subject
in western capitals and at the UN meeting at Lake Success
which is an admission that they are ready to call-off their
squeeze play at Berlin, which has proven a failure. It was
a brazen violation of their pledges of cooperation and part
of their policy of territorial agrandizement pursued in the
"cold war" against the west.
' The Russian proposal is an admission that the airlift
' has won the battle of Berlin. It has been well described
as "working like a clock, a marvel of mechanical and teoh-
' nicnl efficiency, electrified by human resourcefulness and
spirit. Typically American, it compares in scale and
h drama with any single operation of the war, supplying a
besieged city, capital of a defeated enemy, for nearly a
year."
The Russians' peace feelers are inspired by the organ
ization of the Atlantic Pact, and the western German re
: public, hence they are striving to reopen the four power
talks they broke up before either organization was actually
; set up and functioning. They were encouraged by the
differences between the three western powers over details
now being compromised.
-Labor Repeal Boomerangs
The first result of President Truman party loyalty and
losing patronage threat was the coalitoin of southern dem
ocrats and republicans to defeat in the house by 189 to 158
vote the outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor act and
the substitution of the old Wagner act. During the week
end recess, frantic efforts will be made to line up sufficient
votes for the administration repeal bill next Tuesday.
The administration is pushing a bill sponsored by Rep.
John Lesinski (D.. Mich.). It would repeal the Taft-Hartley
act and restore the new deal's Wagner law with some
amendments.
The coalition hopes to substitute a bill drawn up by
Rep. John S. Wood (I)., Ca.), which would repeal the Taft
Hartley act by name and then re-enact most of its provi
sions. House democratic leaders started the debate confident
that they had the strength to defeat Wood's bill and secure
approval of I.esinski's bill, but they were decisively de
feated. The following amendments to the T.esinski bill would
probably be considered acceptable to the administration:
1. A modified "free speech" guarantee for employers.
2. A requirement that unions and management file "loyalty
1 oaths" prior to bringing a case before the national labor rela-
tions board.
i 3. A requirement that unions and management bargain with
each other "in good faith."
' Lesinsk! stated definitely that he personally would be
.unwilling to accept any amendments. But the decision
might be taken out of his hands.
THE GRINNING APE IN THE DINKY -i "
IMPORTED CAR WHO PATIENTLY ' ,, '
WATCHES YOUR EFFORTS TO -hm77r7fTX1!
PARK YOUR JUGGERNAUT IN A Ml ,KWiiSt.
SPACE HE CAN EASLY MAKE. '
Recently the
Waltham Watch
company re
ceived a $6,
000,000 loan
from the Recon
struction F i
nnnn) enmnra.
tion. At the!
verv same time
it received the IV
loan, Waltham
hired one of the
Drvw PMrtw
THE hlkkblDE PULPIT
Way to Ease Family Disputes
Is With Religion, Common Sense
By REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
lector at PkuI'i Cpucopn CQurco
Many people have little difficulty in making the presumably
large decision in matters of business. They may manage big
corporations, plan great enterprises, rule economic empires or
boss construe-,. ...,, ....
wno comes lo lain wings over
preparatory to a contemplated
separation. Very frequently I
find that no single act on the
part of either party should ever
have caused more than a ripple
of dsicord on an otherwise calm
and peaceful domestic' sea. But
an accumulation of such little
ripples over a long period of
time raises a veritable tidal
wave which seems to engulf
them.
Little neglects, little discour-
I L4..
am
tion gangs with-s
out great men-1
tal strain or the :
expenditure o f
much nervous
energy. t
But about
their homes
they may be to
tally unable t o
make the sur
posedly little ' o.,ir a swiri
decisions about
upViinh a n t a r thnlr rdal Vinn.
piness and peace of mind '' " ""!J ,
The small business or profes- really whiP ,UP " temPe5t'
sional man, the artisan or the , .
..oorer have the same diffi- , wh" tempests rome so reg-
)t ular that nerves get "on edge
cu . even at the thought of their
Tnere are many more unhap- approacni one or the other, or
py people in the world than the both break under the ,traln-
public knows about because the The bright side of alj this u
greater number keep their do- tha, most o thja unpieasantness,
mestic troubles to themselves. ,f n0, aU of it can be avoided
altogether by a frank "talking
I am not a psychiatrist, but I it over" so that each one can
have had Muusjnds of people see how the little neglects, dis
come to me with their problems courtesies, and thoughtless re
in the past thirty years in the marks ruin an otherwise happy
ministry. I should know some- home
thing about the underlying There are few family rifts
causes of domestic discord and which cannot be corrected by a
unhappmess. good dose of religion, coupled
A typical case of domestic with common sense and mutual
stress and strain is the couple forbearance.
Kissing Right Given Back
Hungerford, England W) An old village festival was re
vived today, and as a consequence quite a few girls got
kissed.
The quaint ceremonies, suspended in the war, commemorate
the granting to citizens of fishing rights in the Kennet river
about 600 years ago.
The town crier started proceedings with blasts from a horn,
whereupon commoners assembled and elected a number of
men, who got a kissing concession. ,
They got the right to kiss any girl In town even could
pursue them by ladder through second story windows if they
wanted to. Many did, too.
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Dream Fulfilled
By DON UPJOHN
What should be one of the musts for the week-end is visit to
the new building at the state hospital where open house is being
held to show the people where their money has been going and,
ZZ strides' JeZo world progress by slow
provide more adequate and en- degrees.
lightened care
to mental un-F ' .-"V 1
fortunates. Ol fe"'-uwWl
particular inter t fr' ...
est is the new'fv" ' 1
treatment h o - f sXf?1
pital, consider- iWf.Y
ed unquestion-! rffMkZLj
ably the best InfStH.'TSL.
the United
States and thri
fulfillment of a!
dream ot IS
years of Dr.
John C. Evans, a long time su
nt ffh
The Cat and the Canary
Greencastle, Ind. (U.R Mrs.
James Wright reported that her
black cat suffered such a scare
in an altercation with a canary
that his fur is turning white.
"Kitty was a coal black Angora
until he tried to catch the ca
arv." Mrs. Wright said. "Now
he's gradually turning white "
She said the cat knocked over
the bird cage and a couple of
flower pots about two weeks
ago. The clatter frightened ths
cit so much he hid under a
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Bad Lobbying Racket Is
In Job Ties With RFC
By DREW PEARSON
Washington One of the worst Washington lobbying rackets
Is to get Job with the government, then use it as a springboard
to secure a lush-paying job in private industry.
Sometimes a government official almost seems to be working
for the private company with which he wants a Job even before
he gets the Job.
So, the other day, Gov. Ches
ter Bowles, hearing of Bald
win's life-long ambition, offer
ed him appointment to the su
pieme court, and the senator
naturally accepted. He will not
t: ke office until December by
which time most major legisla
tive matters will have been de
cided. NOTE Several years ago,
Herbert Hoover, sizing up re
publican presidential timber.
chief RFC officials who helped described Baldwin as the ablest
arrange the loan John Hager- governor in republican ranks,
ty head of the RFC's Boston of- As a senator, he has also lived
fice. up to this appraisal.
Hagerty knows nothing about
the intricate problem of watch- AID TO EDUCATION
making or selling; is a political Federal aid to education,
protege of ex-Senator Dave which was blocked in the 80th
Walsh. But he handled the pre- congress, is now pretty well set
liminary work for the Waltham to roll through congress pro
loan, recommending it to the vided the Catholic church gives
RFC in Washington. its blessing.
He was then getting a govern- In the past, the Catholics
ment salary of $10,000. But the have put up a fight because re
minute Waltham got the loan, ligious schools are not included
Hagerty left the RFC and went in the program. But Senate
to work for Waltham at a salary Labor Chairman Elbert Thomas
of $30,000. of Utah has taken quiet steps
Query: Did Waltham offer the to obtain Catholic cooperation
lush salary to Hagerty because and thus assure smooth sailing
he deserved it, or as a reward for the bill,
for helping swing the RFC loan? Thomas's first move was to
' Invite two Catholics Sena
Again, the RFC has given a tors Howard McGrath ot Rhode
$3,000,000 loan to the Plywood Island and James Murray of
Plastics corp., of Hampton, S C. Montana to join in sponsoring
One of the RFC officials who the bill. They warned, however,
t elped arrange it was Sterling that if the Catholic hierarchy
Foster. took a stand against the bill,
And now Foster has notified they woulo. have to reverse
the RFC that he intends to go themselves,
to work soon for the Plywood Although Thomas did not in
Plastics, the same company elude parochial schools in the
which borrowed $3,000,000. Fos- bill because of the constitution
ter will just about double his a! divorcement of church and
salary, getting $18,000 the first state, he tried to woo Catholic
year, and $22,000 by the third support by proposing that paro
year. chial schools be included in a
Again query: Was this a re- federal health program for
ward for help in arranging the school children,
loan? Senators Brien McMahon of
The treasury's internal rev- Connecticut and Ed Johnson of
enue bureau long ago got around Colorado promptly offered an
this problem by refusing to let amendment which would make
any of its retired personnel health benefits available to
practice before the bureau until parochial schools as part of the
two years after resigning. But aid-to-education bill. But Thorn
other government departments as, wary of linking church
are lax, especially the army and schools with education bill in
navy. any way, proposed a separate
One of the worst scandals in bill Instead. This would auth
Washington is the number of orize $35,000,000 for health
high-ranking army and navy of- benefits for both public and
ficers now working for private parochial schools,
industry in order to handle pro- Thomas now hopes to push
curement contracts with the both bills through congress at
army and navy. the same time, appeasing the
Many of them still draw pen- Catholics with the health bill
.sions from the U. S. govern- and those against federal aid to
ment, plus income tax curtail- parochial schools with the other
ments, in addition to their lush bill,
private industry salaries.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
NEW JUDGE BALDWIN New York's loyalty day par-
Senator Ray Baldwin's ac- ade today, sponsored by the
ceptance of a supreme court Veterans of Foreign Wars,
judgeship in Connecticut illus- should do more than certain
trates a point which many peo- witch-hunts to stimulate think
ple don't realize the wear and lng about the good old U. S. A.
tear to which we subject our South Dakota democrats have
public servants. found a candidate they believe
Senator Baldwin has been ac- can beat Sen. Chan Gurney in
tive in Connecticut politics for 1950 Huron's new Mayor Dr.
29 years a long time in any John S. Tschetter. The doctor
man's life. During that period I as been chief of staff at the
he was subjected to the expense Catholic hospital in Huron
and the physical drain of run- though he, himself, is a Luth
ning for state-wide office in five eran.
elections in ten years. In other President Truman has asked
words, he ran for governor or his council of economic advis
senator an average of every two ers for an up-to-date memoran
years. dum of the U. S. economic con-
Durlng his 29 years in public dition no later than May 15.
office a quirk of fate made it Truman may use this memoran
ich that no republican gover- dum as the basis for a new leg
ror was ever in office at the Islative request to congress on
right time to appoint him to the economic control,
state supreme court long Bald- The Ford Motor company will
win's chief ambition. Either reject all demands by the auto
Baldwin was governor and workers union for wage in
couldn't appoint himself, or a creases at this time. Ford is al
democrat , was governor and ready paying top wages,
wouldn't appoint him. icopjriiht u
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
An Income tax
evader tried by uncle
sam will biconvicte0,
SAr 19 TO I ODDS.
Alpha-beta data: harvard
STUDENTS HAD A 5 TO 2 BETTER
CHANCE OF NOT BEING KICKED OUT
IN 1948 THAN DURING THE 305.
Ifs.
r u -i i j i
7
THE ODDS ARE 10,000 TO I AGAINST
YOUR MASTERING VENTRILOQUISM.
Ipoms HuosoiMoariKXic.OiX nuns
done about it?
Particularly sin
since medical
science at pres
ent is unable to
arrange a
switchover i n
posterity pro
duction tech
niques by
Tieans of which
:he stork would1
bring more ba
by boys and fewer baby girls
flat Sr
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Too Many Unwed Women
By HAL BOYLE
New York W) There is a surplus of women In America.
Supply has now outrun demand in this important field. And
the ratio of excess women to men is likely to continue.
What can be
pathy which the women of the
Sakalava tribe extended to my
wife because she was an only
wife," he writes.
Dr. Linton thinks that It
polygamy is ever legally recog
nized in western countries, it
will "find its most enthusiastic
supporters among career wom
en." To an American husband, this
system certainly has obvious
merits. I think ten wives would
be about right. If all remained
Throughout history civiliza- deductible for income ta mo
tions have evolved several tech- poses.
niqucs for solving the problem Under polygamy you would
of the excess female. marry the first wife for love
Some societies have main- alone as now often happens un
tained a balance of the sexes by der monogamy,
the cruel method of female in- The second wife would be a
fanticide. They simply killed $52.000-a-year career woman,
unwanted girl babies or left and she would bring her $1,000
them to die. In other societies pay check home In her mouth
all unwed women were taken every week,
into religious orders. The third wife would be a
The ancient Hindus found an wonderful cook,
easy way to dispose of widows. The fourth would be maid and
The berefet ladies gallantly housekeeper a well-muscled
leaped on the funeral pyres of iaSs able to move heavy furni
their husbands and cremated ture around by herself,
themselves to prove they were The fifth would be a trained
excellent wives. nurse, skilled at mixing hot tod-
This custom, known as sut- dies when I had a cold,
tee, had two advantages. It The sixth would be a plump
kept the husband from being young baby sitter. She'd care
lonely in the life beyond. And for the children and do odd Jobs
it made It unnecessary for kins- like bringing my slippers and
men to have to support the lighting my cigars,
widow. Suttee has pretty well The seventh would sing and
died out now, however, since dance at home entertainmenta.
the British government out- The eighth would be a secre
lawed it in India. It seems too tary and an accountant. She'd
many widows were being thrown keep the family budget,
into the flames instead of The ninth I would take to
jumping in of their own ac- gPOrts events. And she'd never
cord. ask questions like: "Why don't
But by far the commonest they arrest that man If he ia
solution for the problem of the stealing bases?"
extra female has been polyga- The tenth would be a glamor-
my, the system under wnicn a 0us, talented conversationalist.
man has several wives.
I'd take her along when the bos
invited me to his house for din
ner. '
I think with ten wives like
that any man could have a hap
py home. There is only one
thing wrong with polygamy
from a husband's viewpoint.
He has no days off, says
Discussing this in the cur
rent American Mercury, Dr.
Ralph Linton, sterling profes
sor of anthropology at Yale uni
versity, says polygamy has
worked successfully in a num
ber of civilizations. He says it
is doing well now in Madagas- rjr, Linton
car. It sounds too much like mon-
"I remember the gentle sym- ogamy there.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Amazing Days We Live In
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
(bP) Porelin AKftlrf AnalTltl
The historic agreement whereby India can become a republie
and still remain a member of the British commonwealth of na
tions, without recognition of the king's sovereignty, constitutes
of
; STORIES IN LIFE
) Now It's 'Hearing-Ear' Dog
Nevada. Mo. CUP' And now, the "hearing ear" dog.
i He Is Ted, wire-haired terrier owned by Mrs, C. 8. Town-
tend.
i .Mrs. Townsend la hard of hearing. She rannot hear the
telephone ring without using a hearing aid, and the device
bothers her.
But Ted hears the telephone, finds Mrs. Townsend and
J nudgea her toward the Instrument. Then he dons her hear-
lng aid and carries on the conversation.
Nan Won't Resign as Queen
J Bloomlngton, Ind. Nan Epno's name was not en the
ballot as junior nwn at Indiana University voted for a queen
J to reign at their prom Friday night
The "Independent Independents" who nominated her had
ot given up, however. They put on an Intensive lost-min-tr
campaign for write-In votes.
The prom commitlet ruled Nan had not met the require
snrnt of residence on the campus for a full semester.
The committee did ael mention Nan Is a (oak
perintrndent there who recent- rhnir for hours. "About a week
ly retired. For the period men- aK0 1 noticed a white ring around
tioned Dr. Evans pretty well de- his neck." Mrs. Wright said,
voted his life to the Idea of this "Now the backs of his front
treatment hospital. On numer- legs are white and there are
ous trips over the United States white spots on his sides." The
he visited most of the state hos- rest of his jet black coat Is be
pitals where he gathered and coming a "dirty grey," she said.
collated ideas, at least those he
thought would fit into his dream A lot of humans may get
and these, and manv others, are abut the same results as the
visible in the results now being canary in the foregoing para-
shown. We doubt It any man rPn .v a visn irom me inter-
could have, or wish for, a bet- naI revenue collector,
ter monument We well remem- Folk who nad ,he ,en, ,
ber what sea h.ng denunciation , , ,hejr , , , J
was had by the late Dr. R. E. f hive , bi, of com.
Lee S elner from some sources , flm froJt whlch7p,in,.
I . T extravagance ,he' landscape pretty white
when what Is now the old re- , morning. But ,J unjal those
ceivlng ward wa, constructed WPn downown w0
It still stands as evidence of Mcks , fac, of
what was best in Its time. A
change In public sentiment we New yellow lines along Court
are certain will be pretty visl- street decorated with "wet
ble as to the new treatment hos- paint" signs. And the showers
pital which is certain to receive which came along made the
nothing but public praise. So paint a little wetter.
Old Times Are Comin' Back
New York (Ai Vaudeville Is romlng bark to Its old home
on Broadway the Palace theater.
The Palace hasn't employed a vaudeville act In 1 years.
But starting May 10, the stage that topped the circuit
when vaudeville was In Its heydey will revive the eld traditions.
SIX SECONDS OF MUMBLE , '
Not a 'Hello' in a Call
By HARMON NICHOLS
Washington (lira I got wind of the fact that the New York
Phone company has started a campaign to take the "hello" out
out of telephoning.
Some ef f i-1 nu"'j
ciency expert f jr
figured that to; 1 mi irAi
say "hello" endj i
mumble aboutif - - ' t,
"who's this?" I Stm Ji
averaffes about V fk
six seconds per
call.
All this sent
me on a mighty
mission to see
the ChesBDeake
. 7 r HftrBM W. Mel!
& Potomac peo
ple who serve the capital area
and asked for extension so-and
so. A pretty voice answered and
without a single "hello" said:
"This is the office of naval
research, assistant chief for
patents and patent counsel for
the navy. Miss Harrison speak
ing." Next I dialed Republic 4142.
the department of agriculture,
and asked for an extension
number. A sweet young thing
said:
"This Is the bureau of ento
mology and plant quarantine
pink bollworm control depart-
on e of the
striking devel-
nnmontu oil;
these amazing I f
days in which f
we live.
ay a siniui? r s l j
Juggling ofpnT-
words this
great common
wealth has been
saved from the
disastrous loss
41
M ing- The
uu throu8
M j P 1 is true of
tt Jkmmk based on
OrWIM MirRtatl
the isms may eventually be de
cided. - The change in the common
wealth relations perhaps could
n't have been achieved but for
the extraordinary circumstance
that Britain has no written con
stitution to hamper the refram-
constitution Just grew
gh precedent. The same
many laws, which are
custom and common-
sense interpretation.
Thus freed from constitutional
barriers, the commonwealth
of India's mem
bership, and the possible with
drawal of other members later. ,onference in a few sessions fia-
Not only that, but the new ure(j out a way to get around
commonwealth (which aban- the kingly soverignty accepted
dons the designation of "Brit- .. a ,vmbol of free asaocia-
ish") bids fair to be far strong- tion" of the independent mem
bers, "and as such, the head of
the commonwelatn."
It might seem somewhat
Gray-haired, friendly Bob , ... ,, n
Davidson, the m ddle man be- Bound , find ..,.. ,ome
tween the "hello" girl and he , , , t called , of
public as far as Washington h American embassic,.
phones go, kind of laughed
when he heard about what Is
going on In the Bronx, Brook
lyn and Manhattan.
Bob is polite and didn't use
the word "joiks."
"Si."
That was all I got.
I called the French embassy.
I asked for the 4th secretary.
"Oui."
A call to the Russian embassy
. ,,or brought a "yes." a moment of
ten to re-educate he People to comp"Icte tilen ,nd ,hen . lot
stop saying 'hello when they f mumbo.jumboone RuMia
he Phone." he said. talkl t0 ,notheP ,hrou(!h ,
All of this was very interest- bandkerchlef or ,0 ,0Unded.
inn- out i uccium iu au uiuv Then'
research on my own at five
cents a call.
1 didn't get many "hellos."
1 called the navy department
"No comment."
I was getting a little sore, so
I called mama.
She said 'hello."
er than ever.
The weakening of the com
monwealth at this crucial junc
ture in the cold-war between ltrange that India should be the
the communist and the anti- one t0 object to further recog
communist blocs would have niti0n of the king's soverignty.
been a serious blow to the lat- Throughout the long relgn of
the British throne, India, with
This would be especially true her hundreds of Arabian nighti
as regards India, for this great princes, was'the scene of a regal
nation of 300.000.000 people ,piendor harely equalled in hls
may easily become the key-Stone tory.
of the defense against bolshe- There Is no doubt that the
vism in Asia. princes loved the glitter of lm-
As a matter of fact, it's a fair perialism. So did many of the
guess that this aspect of the sit- Indian aristocracy. But the
uation was constantly In the biai!c 0f the Jewels only served
minds of the London conferees, to spot-light the tragedy of nun-
They scarcely could ignore gry millions who forced a bar
that angle in view of the steam- existence,
roller offensive of the Chinese Furthermore, the Indiana are
armies against central and sou- a liberty-loving people, and
them China. India and China they are proud. They bow to
lie side by side in the Asiatic nobody these days, since they
theatre In which the war of won their Independence.