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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1949
BY BECK
Boyhood Hazards
No Willamette Flood
An Oregonian headline says "Rampaging Willamette
Kills Man" on its leading story of the Columbia river flood.
The lead tells of a gravel company employe being drowned
near Junction City when his boat capsized. His two com
panions escaped by swimming ashore and he swam with
them but when "he tried to crawl ashore he grasped a
floating log which tossed him back into the water when
it turned. He disappeared and was not seen again."
In the same issue the Oregonian dwells on high water
In the Willamette in Portland harbor as practically the
same level ax the Columbia.
As a matter of fact there is no flood in the Willamette
river. There never is at this time of year. The stream at
Salem is some 17 feet below high water mark, 27 feet
below the emergency flood stage, and proportionately as
low at Junction City.
The drowning at Junction City 96 miles south of Port
land was not caused by the "rampaging Willamette" for it
is not "rampaging" it was merely a routine drowning in
a placid stream, likely to happen any time. And the high
level of water in the Willamette at Portland harbor is due
solely to backwater from the Columbia flood, and stops
at the falls at Oregon City.
Of course most Oregonians realize these facts, that is
those living outside of Portland, but those at a distance
flo not and when such stories get into the nation's news
papers through press association wires, they create a false
Impression throughout the country and scare tourists away
from the "flood ravaged and endangered" Willamette
Valley.
' That Is what similar accounts did last year and are
likely to do this year. The metropolitan papers are giving
a false impression in their seeking for flood sensation
to make the headlines that distort the facts.
GOSH..MAYBC we tOHMO
SHOULDN'T HAVE TWEI SKyASsJSffi
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Mrs. FDR Holts Tieup with
Spanish Dictator Franco
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Inside reason why the American delegation to
the United Nations abstained from voting on Spain was because
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt threatened to denounce the state depart
ment publicly if It voted for Franco.
Warren Austin, the U.S. delegate, was all set to vote for sending
ambassadors back to Spain (he government
when Mr. Roosevelt found out wi then
bout it. Immediately she tele- . . ., , thm
pno nia orcre-
tary o f State
Ac h e s o n and
gave him her
very blunt
BY GUiLD
Wizard of Odds
THE 0P0S ARC 300 TO I
THAT A SAN QUENTIN
PRISONER WILL BORROW
A BOOKORMACiAZINF.
DURING A YEAR.JiE HAS
370.000 BOOKS TO
CHOOSt FROM.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Rebuff to Communism in
East Germany Blow to Reds
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
(() rortltn Affl Antmtl
The Kremlin must have been set rocking by the election in
the Soviet ion of eastern Germany, where more than a third
of the voters balloted against hand-picked, communist-approved
candidates for
views on get
ting cozy with
a dictator who
had played ball
with Hitler and
Mussolini dur
ing the war 1.1
Anv mnvm in'
embrace h i m
w
..All J
munist regime.
The British have concluded
that they will never be able to
hold out on Hong Kong against
the communists even with the
new land, air and sea reinforce
ments that have been rushed
there, hence their willingness
to compromise.
Stuart is pi e n t y burned up
over the whole affair because
such a deal would pull the last
rug out from under the Chinese
nationalists by giving the corn-
Mrs. R. told Acheson, would munist their hifft Hinlnmatic
only embarrass the truly demo- victory.
cratic nations of western Europe . .
and play into the hands of the ATOMc CONTRACTS
communist propaganda machine painstaking, persevering Sen.
at a critical time In world af- ... . -.J.iT I
lng has been applying the
scourge to big monopolies for
years. Now he has come up with
yci naam-wv mm ev-
COAL MINERS HAVE ONLY
A 10 TO I CHANCE OF SURVIVING 30 YEARS'
WORK IN THt MINES - A LITTLE BETTER
THAN TO I CHANCE TO ESCAPE TOTAL OR
PART I AL DISABILITY.
fairs.
Acheson seemed impressed
with Mrs. Roosevelt's argument
and suggested as a compromise revealing information tne
way big corporations handle big
will be secure if Europe is strong
and free in 1952."
Now comes this rebuff to the
Russians in eastern Germany
which was supposed to have
been thoroughly communized.
We see that there is a powerful
anti-communist element in that
zone, and that it dares raise its
head.
Then take a look at Yugo
slavia. This Balkan state was
supposedly the most thoroughly
McCloy to Rule American Zone
President Truman has named John J. McCloy, presi
dent of the world bank, as first civil high commissioner
for occupied Germany, succeeding General Lucius D. Clay
as military commander. He will assume his duties in Ger
many before July 15. The appointment marks the change
over from military to civilian administration of the Ameri
can zone. Concerning the future administration, the White
House said :
"One of the matters which Mr. McCloy will take under early
advisement will be the development of plans for the transfer
of responsibility for nonmilltary aspects of the United States
occupation of Germany from the department of the army to
the department of state and the economic co-operation adminis
tration. The transfer will take place on or about the time of
the establishment of the German provisional government."
JtlcCloy will be the supreme United States authority in
Germany and subject to consultation with the president
will be under the immediate supervision and direction of
the secretary of atate, exercising all government func
tions other than military command. The troops will re
main to stabilize the civilian administration.
McCloy, 54, is a New York attorney. He served as assist
ant secretary of war from November, 1941, to November,
l!)45. He was elected president of the world bank in 1947.
fie Is a veteran of World War I in which he attained the
rank of captain and was awarded a P. S. M. He has been
director of the Foreign Policy association and is a repub
lican. Socialists Balk at CVA
t A statement issued by the Socialist party at the north
west regional conference at Seattle views with alarm the
froposcd Columbia River Administration and recommends
amendments to the bill, to change its membership.
The statement said the Socialists are "alarmed at the
present rapid trend toward collectivization without demo
cratic controls. We realize the urgent need for a CVA.
JVe also realize that CVA is a socialist venture, but the
Proposed CVA measure centralizes power in the president
nd three of his appointees, thereby in some measure jus
Jifying the charge of opponents of federal public power
nd regional planning that CVA will be a step in the direc
Jion of the authoritarian state."
The statement says that in its analysis of the bill, "The
focialist party states it finds no adequate safeguard to
Jnatira democratic control."
The statement was released by Anne M. Fisher of
Seattle, who said she had been commissioned by national
headquarters to coordinate a study of the CVA proposals,
fhe said the statement was by a committee including her-
5 elf ; Jack R. Hopkins, the party secretary for Washington,
nd Thomas Scanlon, Portland.
J Representation on the board by consumer organizations
and technicians connected with the river project, and
bvbor organizations is urged, for the admittedly venture
fn socialism which like all such ventures leads eventually
to the totalitarian atate.
'STORIES IN LIFE
j Officials Have Red Faces
Tokyo UK Sponsors of the annual all-Japan plrron rare
Jiiffered a wholesale loss of fare today.
Resplendent In tails and top hats, tha officials wailed tnr
the winner el the 45-mlle rare to arrlre from the northern
island of Hokkaido.
Only a few curious local sparrows showed up.
j Fishin' Tale Is Verified
Mnorhead, Minn. IU.PJ Art Sander was telling today about
Ihe big on he landed then threw bark.
I Sander had to have eight other fishermen help him hrarh
ft is big sturgeon after fighting It for one and one-hall hours.
t weighed IS pounds and measured live feet, nine Inrhea.
Because slate law forbids ratrhlng sturgeon ixrept In boun
dary water, they threw It bark In th lake.
i
j Henn Loses Hen Crate
i Henn ha Inst a thlckea erst, and needs It bark t earry
All the little hens.
i An add In today' loat and found section ( th Capital
tournal classified section reads:
"Lost: Chicken Crate. Notify Lester Henn, Rout t, Box 18,
fsodbura."
. . -
the new "peo
ple's congress."
The Red com
mand had an
ticipated the us
ual favo r a b 1 e
vote of virtually
100 per cent in
I u c h elections.
This was to be
s triumph for
presentation at
the forthcoming
meeting of the Big Four foreign commUnized of all the satellite
ministers' council in Paris. ,states. It was communism'c for-
Moscow's strategy was to lay ward theater for training and
before the council this "people's ,uppiy jn the "cold war." But
congress" of 2.000 delegates Moscow's hold on that state
which would match the federal craci,ed up on the rocks of
republic of western Germany. Yugoslav nationalism. Marshal
Not only that, but the congress Tjto and his followers subscrib-
contains S00 delegates specially ed to communism, but doggedly
designed to represent western clung to natj0nalism rather than
Germany. acknowledge Moscow as the
In short, the 'people's con- ,eat of OVereignty. The com-
gress" was to have been put in(orm launched a drive against
forward by the Russians to rep- Tito and thus far has been
resent all Germany. beaten at its own game.
that the American delegation
abstain when the vote came up.
He further promised to issue a
statement blasting Franco as a
dictator
The two
fighting
contracts with the government.
In 1946 the atomic energy
commission signed a contract
with General Electric for atomic
energy work at Hanford, Wash.,
.nil Ci.k.n.M.flii NT V -J
over Senator Harry which G E wa, ' j, alj'jtj
women who are
Cain, republican, of Washington . .. . . . .
actually came face to face the amount obligatpd under this
other day. contract was $370,000,000, of
Mrs. Cain, who was put on which $7 000 000 wa5 id t0
notice by her husband in a pub- General Electlie lor Mlaries
he press conference that he was nr nennnai
divo rcing her, nevertheless
turned the other cheek and
went to the hospital to visit the
sick senator.
While there, Miss Mary Hall,
Meanwhile, Senator O'Maho-
ney points out that it has be
come a common practice of the
atomic energy commission to
get around congressional appro-
a senate secretary who may iations b authorizing blanket
marry Senator Cain after the ,,. . ,, u
contracts in s u c h a way that
The sudden meeting was too ljdit , ,h t ,
iU fv Ulro Pn n B i ri oh
instance, the commission has
contract appropriations of $600,
000,000 and congress has no
way of knowing what it's all
divorce, also arrived for a visit.
much for Mrs. Cain and she
lashed out at Miss Hall for steal
lng the senator's affections.
"You may have the game,"
NOT AFRAID
Columnist Has Cancer and
Says He Will Die of It
San Diego, May 19 (U.R) Forrest Warren, columnist for th
San Diego Daily Journal, announced In a by-line story: "I have
cancer and I am going to die of it"
Warren, a newspaperman for
more than SO years, writes a a word to those who are not ill
daily column of folksy news for but who are blessed with health
the Journal on "People I and strength, and have time
Know." When he became seri- ahead of them,
ously ill a few months ago, his "I would like to appeal to
wife, Nina, joined him in writ- them to give to the cancer re
ing the column. The heading search fund, so that It may be
was changed to "People We come possible for doctors to de
Know." tect cancer more quickly, and
In his story today, the 71- even perhaps find a cure."
year-old Warren said he was Warren wrote: "I am not
writing the column for two rea- afraid. I have made my peace
sons. with God. My heart is filled
"First, I feel It might bring with love. Only happiness will
a measure of comfort to others ,urround me until the end."
who are hopelessly ill and face , . . . . . ,. .
to face with their maker, just Warren sald he had malignant
as I am. melanomna, a type of incurable
"Then, I would like to say cancer.
ncvcr about.
The senator from Wyoming,
What line of strategy the Mus
covites will pursue to offset this
upset is a matter of keen specu
lation in western diplomatic
circles. Certainly the so-called
"people's congress" has lost any
magic which it might have held
for western Germany had the
election been practically "unani
mous" as planned.
This revolt of the German
voters in the Soviet zone is in it
self a momentous development,
but It seems to me to fit into a
picture of much broader signifi
cance. Last week-end this
column analyzed the statement
by Paul G. Hoffman, director of
the economic cooperation admin
istration, that "our way of life
In neighboring Bulgaria there
have been purges of prominent
communists. Then Bulgarian
Premier Georgi Dimitrov one
of the big Reds recently went
to Russia. One report had it
that he was seeking medical
treatment, but there has been
widespread speculation that he
is being ousted from his job. In
any event, Bulgarian political
waters have been troubled.
All in all we have an interest
ing picture of considerable dis
content behind the Iron Curtain.
I don't think we should jump to
sweeping conclusions, but it is
interesting to note that it's not
all honey and flowers in the
Bolshevist empire.
she sizzled, "but you'll
get the name."
T .(a, ivith Irnm.n iiu,Im1 tff
nrf walked out nf the hosoital therefore, is demanding that,
together without going into atomic sec-
The Cain divorce is supposed " but onlv. 'nniaJ matters,
to become final on June 14. The these contracts be filed with the
lawyer who is handling the mat
ter for Senator Cain in Tacoma,
Wash.,
Takes Game Seriously
congress and made available
(CDPrrlBh. 19U
Athens (UP) A Greek football fan Jumped to his death from
the ruins of the Acropolis because he was disappointed In
the showing of the Greek football team In an International
match, police disclosed today.
The suicide, a 38-year-old printer, left a note saying "h
would not bear the discrace of having seen the Greek foot
ball team defeated 2 to 1" by a Turkish eleven.
is Ed Eisenhower, Ike's
brother.
COMPROMISF, IN CHINA
American Ambassador Leigh
ton Stuart in China is mad as a
hornet at the British for trying
to make a deal with the Chinese
communists behind his back.
Without telling Stuart a
word. Br i t i s h representatives
talked with the Chinese commu
nists twice last week. By acci
dent Stuart has discovered that
what the British have proposed
is this: If the Chinese commu
nists let the British keep Hong
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