Capital A Journal
An Independent Newspaper Established 1888
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher
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BY BECK
Memorial Day
4
Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 30, 1949
The Grand Old Man of Oregon Democracy
Exactly 48 years ago a San Francisco-Portland train was
delayed for a couple of hours by a train wreck, or a trestle
fire at the tunnel on the summit of the Siskiyou moun
tains. While the passengers scattered over the area pick
ing spring flowers then in full bloom, some of the passen
gers had a smoking room session. One of them introduc
ed himself as Walter Pierce, lawyer-farmer of Pendleton,
another as Wallace Camant, lawyer, of Portland.
The main subject of the conversation was the recently
organized United States Steel corporation, promoted by
J. P. Morgan, Sr., capitalized at what then seemed astro
nomical figures.
It was a holding company that acquired the steel prop
erHes of major steel making companies in the United
States together with properties supplying steel making
interests with raw materials, oil, coal, coke, gas and fluxes,
including transportation facilities for various steel mak
ing operation.
These properties were acquired at highly inflated valua
tions, but Morgan realized that by creating a monopoly or
near monopoly, the steel trust could afford to pay an ex
cessive price for domination of the market. McCamant
summed up his opinion that steel trust was an appropri
ate name, but it should be spelled "steal trust." Pierce
agreed with him, probably the only time the two later
distinguished Oregonians ever agreed on anything in their
long careers, for McCammant was a stand-pat republican
and Pierce a liberal democrat. McCamant, a prominent
lawyer, afterwards served as state supreme court jus
tice and was later appointed to the federal bench by Presi
dent Coolidge.
Pierce, who had already served four years as school
superintendent and four years as county clerk of Umatilla
county, was afterwards a member of the Oregon legisla
ture as state senator eight years, governor for four years,
democratic national committeeman for four years, U. S.
representative in congress for 10 years, all elective offices
as well as regent of the Oregon State college for 22 years.
Between times he was lawyer, farmer, stock raiser and
public utility operator.
Pierce's democracy, and he was always vigorously par
tisan, was tinged with populism. He was a firm exponent
of public ownership and "agin' the interests" and for the
"down-trodden." He was a New Dealer decades before
FDR saw the light. As governor. Pierce, after repeated
efforts, put over the state income tax. During his guber
natorial campaigns he tore tax recepits in two to demon
strate how he would cut taxes. Many of the proposed re
forms he advocated are now the law of the land.
The true source of Pierce's popularity, we think, is his
pleasing personality, good nature, kindliness, friendliness
and sympathy. He is one of those few men who seem in
capable of holding grudges against enemies, political op
ponents or others. He has a moving sense of humor and
laughs as heartily as anyone at jokes and jibes against
himself. -At the same time he fights "not as one who
beateth the air" for any cause he deems just.
The Capital Journal, which has consistently opposed
many of the Pierce programs, is glad to congratulate
Walter Pierce on this, his 88th birthday, which finds
him as keen and alert as ever, and hopes he lives to round
out a century. He is certainly the "grand old man" of
Oregon democracy.
A Lesson in Strike Futility
The costly Ford strike, which idled for 25 days 106,000
employes and an uncounted number in supply and sales
plants through a walkout of 6000 because 20 workers
quit to protest a speed-up in the assembly line, is another
lesson in the futility of strikes. Both sides have finally
accepted arbitration which had been rejected hitherto,
and the workers are returning to their jobs as fast as the
plants can absorb them.
The Ford company proposed that the 5000 affected
strikers return subject to arbitration, but the union re
fused and called out its entire non-effected membership
as a punitive show of strength. The union at last agreed
to arbitration, but a deadlock in terminology prolonged
the walkout. Finally, Sunday a formula was agreed on
which could have been done before calling the strike.
The question to be arbitrated is:
Does the company under the contract, on the basis of
health and safety or otherwise, have the right to require
an employe to perform his work assignment on any unit in
less time than the company's time study shows for his
assignment, provided the employe is not assigned more
than 480 minutes of work as measured by the time study
in an eight-hour shift. Other issues settled were:
1. Assembly linen will be run at a constant speed and units
be vacod to provide a uniform flow of work.
'. Vihcn mixed body types arc on the line, adjustments will
L i.iude In work-load by adding manpower, Increasing; space
between units, reducing line speed or stopping the Una momen
tarily. 3. One relief man will be present for each IB production
workers.
4. The normal amount of work required of employes will
not be Increased by absenteeism.
5. Specific work loads which the union claims are too heavy
will be reviewed and work standards will be adjusted where
necessary.
6. Discharges of 20 workers In the Rouge plant will be chang
ed to reprimands.
The workers have lost millions in wages, the company
other millions in production, and as usual the public is the
biggest loser but union bosses must show their power
in dictating to management how to run their business.
um
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Unfulfilled Pledge to War
Dead Marks Memorial Day
By DREW PEARSON
Washington Musings on Memorial Day The nation kneels be
side white crosses and beautiful monuments today . . At Anzio,
Italy, Gen. Mark Clark bows before the graves of boys who five
years ago made a famous landing and the supreme sacrifice . . .
At Guadalcanal, in the Philippines, in France, near Kasserine
Pass, there are .aSS).
tie was not too Hopeful of sue-
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
white crosses,
bedecked
graves, and
heavy hearts . . .
in the south
ern states hearts
ilso are heavy
not necessarily
jn this day, be
cause officially
Memorial Day
Is mourned sep
arately. But in
spirit, the south will mourn, too
Drew PtariM
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Futility
By DON UPJOHN .
As it is with most good things In this life a vacation comes to an
end and leaves the vacationer stunned with the reality that he'd
better be up and doing, or else. The vacation is probably the most
overrated of
life's so - called
pleasures. For a
month or more
before it starts
the prospective
vacation -
er moves around
dreamy eyed
waiting for the
big event to
start. He then
spends a couple
of weeks tear
ing around the
However, the American peo
ple now realize that peace can
not be obtained solely by ne
gotiation around the green baize
tables of diplomatic conferences.
For treaties in themselves mean
little unless people carry them
out . . . The statesmen who sign
treaties may be dead tomorrow.
The governments which ratify
because Memorial Day has 'hem may be out of office next
come to mean far more than a week. But the people behind
day of memory for the heroes treaties go on forever . . . That
of the war between the states; 18 why the American people
it has really come to be a day have come to work harder and
li our unfulfilled harder at peace. They used to
word to those who died to bring le bk nd leave things to MnrKENZIE'S COLUMN
reace to the world-or so they diplomat.. Now they don't. MaCKCHtlC 3 ULUmri
thought. When the people of New Eng-
A lot of mothers, a lot of Ian load UP ship and send
veterans, a lot of fatherless chll- food to England, when other
dren, a lot of widows will think People load up various frlend
of that unfulfilled pledge today. nlD wains to Europe, when
We should think of it on other Americana write millions of de
days, but we don't . . . some of moacy letters to the Italian
them will think of other armi- People that's working at peace.
the rtna 11 Pay "iviaenas . . . when
BIGAMISTS. BY ODDS OF 5 TO 2. ARE
IN THE AGE GROUP OF 30 TO 40. ..
SECOND BIGGEST GROUP IS 20 TO 30
(iHAHKi fOH ASKM6, MH 110 MM. K061H
kusmmaul. cuvrex, Mar.J
IF YOU GET A TICKET
FOR DRIVING YOUR CAR IN UN1
SAFE, CONDITION, ODDS ARE
6 TO I IT'LL BE FORBAD
BRAKES OR DEFECTIVE
fu LIGHTS.
GETTING A DIVORCE?
THE ODDS ARE 2 TO I YOU
DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.
Rita's Husband Destined
To Be a Spiritual Leader
itro Attraction, announces
Claude Cox, cake chairman. In tice days, the fever heat,
AwMtt amah 4 Via fnlivlnna
T.7 ,, - ... working at peace ... and the The Aa
eggs, 300 gallons of milk. 30 work Ma conti,.ueJ. Khan's relifi
pounds of baking powder, 12 There was Pennsylvania ave- ... R.nan s reiiBi
pounds of salt, two gallons of ue on V-J day, 1945 sailors ou 1 ,
flavoring and 2500 pounds of kissing pretty girls . . . torn ,. Peac like matrimony and Iman, which s
fresh strawberries. This is the telephone books and ticker tape the American people have come somewhat slml
first time in a number of years stalled streetcars with no- t0 realize it. No marriage is lar to that of
that fresh berries have been body caring whether they ran successful if two people merely Caliph. He
available. The cake, 12 by 16 0r not ... a radio blaring ,ign marriage license. And no claims direct de
feet, will cost approximately forth: "Hirohito explains sur- Peace ls successful if two or scent from the
t um t ...in i. ..,,) f, j t ,. more countries merely si on a ProDhet Mo-
wearing himself OUt SO that he ... . ,r . . near iraatv Dos,. .... hammori anri ai
fir,ii . "e puonc Dy iu gins oi tne , . . Military police lorceo to r .-- . - -- - .-- D,wlu
. " Lebanon h eh school home eco- rtrt hehinrl the White House "eryuay living reality . . . iman u suuu-
zie. ror the following month he .nlI,p r1as. , ,. ,,, ,.. there are no uniforms, no ela
By OeWITT MacKENZIE
W Fortum aiisw uun)'
Her Highness Rita Hayworth has married into a position which
ls unique, or will be when ,ier husband, Prince Aly Khan, suc
ceeds his father, the Aga Khan, as head of the great Ismalliah
Dob OJba
country and
is In a state of gradual recovery.
The only real answer to the
gates.
trolled crowds .
now dethroned Indian Mahara
jah!. This title also is accorded
his sons. Thus Rita will be call
ed Princess, and in due course
presumably will have the dis
tinction of being the wife of the
Iman, since Aly ls heir to that
position.
Being a purely spiritual
ruler, the Aga Khan has no prin
cipality, although he has a pal
ace (Aga Hall) in Bombay and
is soirit- manisons in otner places, oo nis
ual leader of many millions of reputably vast income (apart
mor. no brass hands margins neonle in India. Afghanistan, from what he derives from the
The telephone company has Ir,l raJ . down the road to near If. Khorasan. Persia. Arabia. Cen- fortune amassed by himself and
vacation problem is to go home been granted a public utilities "J . " .. J frnm h. iarf unexciting, humdrum job . . . tral Asia, Syria and Morocco. his predecessors) comes from of
and sit for two weeks and medi- order allowing another increase ZV,. -it J . k,., ,i? iith m, ... Just as unexciting as peeling There is no other position com- fcrings from his followers. What
oi. ill. - sk.. m ii i- r-i..i v,ii, war. II ye DreaK iaun wun us . . .. . , ui. these donations amount to hasn't
late like
Here one
most of the questions foremost cheap.
of a vacation But even this st.ll be cheap considering, how , M f mouJdin g the peace of
philosophizing isn't going to pre- far you can talk and how often ,ko' hi. .h1H
cnt us irum uining anoiner lur iiuw nine.
one at the first opportunity.
A cursory glance at the park
ing meters around town today
didn't reveal many wasted
nickels. Give 'em time and folks
will learn.
Cake Eaters Paradise
world upon his shoulders
crowds milling around the
Our new chief of noliee is an state department. They don't
ex-army colonel, we understand, know it, and most of them don't
and no doubt this accounts for care, but upon his statesman-
the fact that whenever he starts ship, his sagacity depends
walking up the street with a whether they will be celebrating
civilian he always slips into new armistice days, kneeling be-
step with same. This may prove fre more graves,
to be auite a relief to some ...
Lebanon With the 5000- of the erring brothers. It had Then there was Philadelphia
pound strawberry shortcake to always been our idea if a guy in 1918 or any other American
be served at noon on Friday, wanted to get along around town city. But I was among those
June 3, first day of the 37th he'd better keep in step with the drilling near Philadelphia when
strawberry fair, 200 gallons of chief of police. So it's nice to crowds came up to the parade
ice cream will be added as an have one who does it for you. ground to shout that the kaiser
Shorter Than Short
Mahatma Ghandi. in rates. Giving another black "Z. j," ,V .1., T.T", ,. potatoes, which sometimes is sn oarable to this. these donations amount to hasn't
finds the answer to eye to the old idea that talk is . . U " ' , " L. i necessary to making a marriage The Aga Khan also has the been disclosed to the public. Ob-
ist cheap. But, even at that, may- ; .V..j t?.. successful. title of Prince, and is addressed viously tne total could be huge,
,ill '"" """'"V v. u;v, liv. h. but here is should be noted that
tUOPrnint IfltVl vu ...jinn.,, .n. i - - - ; '
the Aga Ohan gives bug sums
for charitable purposes among
his people.
Many think that the Aga
Khan is weighed in a balance
Washington W Think women are wearing their hair too short gainst ?,i"mondsver'
now? Wait until next fall. a pleasin onj
"It's going to be shorter than short" says Miss Ethel Gilchrist, HhT'hfghness .was weighed
president of the Washington Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists against gold and he tips the
association. at an ejgnth of a ton
The Hair Fashion Council of America meeting here figured on his golden jubilee as Iman.
out 15 different hair styles. Although cut short, it will be "very He was twice weighed against
feminine," Miss Gilchrist insists. diamonds on his diamond jubi-
"No shingles, but soft little wispy curls on the naps of the lee. However, out of the great
neck, short bangs and high feathery things on the side very sums thus acquired he estab
soft and very flattering." lished a charitable foundation
lor nis lollowers.
Because the Aga Khan isn't
tied to a principality, he is free
to live where he likes. Much of
his time he spends on the French
Riviera and in England, and he
maintains a racing stable of fa
mous horses. Naturally Prince
Aly has similar privileges of
living where he wishes, and he
WARNING SOUNDED
Threat of Plague Epidemic
In India Recalls Terror
Calcutta (U.R) India faces the threat of i plague epidemic
which might reach the proportions of that which swept the
sub-continent at the turn of the century, one authority believes.
The warning was sounded by
Name Given Race Horse After
Columnist Pays Lunch Check
Dr. S. C. Seal, professor of epi
demiology, All-India Institute of
Hygiene and Public Health.
History has been found to re
peat itself in the matter of bu
bonic plague epidemics, accord-
phathlaiole, has been found ef
fective in the treatment of
plague and might well keep a
new epidemic of the disease un
der control.
had fled, Germany had surren
dered . . . seemed funny at the
time not to have anything more
to drill for. Like the bottom had
dropped out of the world . . .
crowds went wild . . . Woodrow
Wilson was going to Paris. No
more wars. The war to end war
was over. The war to save de
mocracy had been won.
Woodrow Wilson did go to tracks,
Paris and Jimmy Byrnes went If she comes in, think of me.
By HARMAN W.NICHOLS
(Ualud Prui Sttff Correspondent)
Washington U.R in a couple of years you might be putting a
dollar or two on a filly named Nicholette at one of the race presumably will be able to con
tinue that practice after he takes
The general mixed a few with his father's place as Iman.
The co-operation of notential
ing to the professor, and unless victims in offering themselves Now Dean Acheson. All were
all concerned the people them- 'or inoculation and destroying able, sincere, devoted men de-
selves no less than the health rats and fleas is still of the high- voted to the cause of peace
.,hn,.Kia. h. nimmt est ImDortance if the spread of but all
precautions, the present out- 'he disease is to be checked be- Acheson warned before he left
break may' well develop as did 'ore " Ket out oI control. that the obstacles were great,
that of 1898.
'WORDS BUT BARREN SOUNDS'
to Paris, London and Moscow. The colt, now a three-month- more second, third and fourth Prince Aly apparently takes
I saw him at the palace of lucltling down at PariS( Ky., cousins than he realized the Mc- iiswfher. in .lik'n
Luxembourg working his head ,. ,v . Mat. Gen! ri-. i Western World, since he has been
off, keeping calm, trying to reap , Mclntvre of the air force j " spending much of his time in
.7. ..!.; James Mcintyre oi tne air iorce. They made him a nroDosition. Cumn. 1.1.. ti.-
I entertained the general at It he urniilrl aenrl th himoh shnnlrl ho .11 In th. tr
luncn me otner aay in me na- them $50 montn . ion- . hi, wlfe he h ,
the results of victory. After him,
George Marshall went to Paris.
tional Press club and in a kid- Uve he.ii get the lertile 500 Unuing 'her screen career and
Cruel World
Pasadena. Calif. W Motorist Thomas 8. Cabo, 72, ran over
hi' itelf and got two tickets for It.
Policeman J. E. Corrigan said Cabo stopped on the wrong
side of a street yesterday and got ont to check an address.
The car rolled backwards and pinned him undtrnrath, his
leg acting as a block which stopped It.
Cabo yelled for help. Corrigan responded with citations
tor parking on the wrong aide and failing to set the brakes
properly.
'Aly Khar'
Los Angeles W Rita Hit worth's father and her Brett
stepmother were fast asleep when IU and Prince Aly Khan
were married the other day In Franc.
But after being shown a plrlurs of the nuptials, dancing
teacher Eduardo Canslno volunteered this bit of Information
about bis son-ln-lawi "Ws call him 'Aly KhatV
The dread disease originally
appeared in Calcutta in 1805,
but only in a mild form.
Three years later, however, it
flared into an epidemic which
apparently nothing could check.
For eight long years it raged,
and when it finally subsided in
1906 the toll of lives it had tak
en in the city alone was 62.000.
The deal roll In Bengal Prcsl
dency was: 1898, 219; 1899,
3.264; 1900. 38.412; 1901, 78.629;
1902, 32.967; 1903. 65,680: 1904,
75.438; 1905, 126,084; 1908, 59,
619. Meanwhile, the epidemic had
been sweeping the country as a
whole with the most disastrous
effect.
Fifty-three years after mak
ing its first appearance in Cal
cutta, plague made Its second
in April, 1948. Again, it was in
comparatively mild form.
This year's outbreak has not
yet reached epidemic dimen
sions, but it has stretched out
longer and ls taking a heavier
toll than did that of 1948.
A further complication has
been the appearance of pneu
monia plague, more contagious
and a deadlier killer, If not cor
rectly diagnosed In time, than
the bubonic variety.
.
Whether history will repeat
Itself on this occasion Is yet to
be seen. Dr. Seal points out that
medical science has progressed
far In the past half century, and
today knowledge of the scourge
ls much wider and means of
combatting It mor readily avail
able and highly effective.
On of th sulfa drugs, sui-
Memorial Day
(From the Oration by Robert O. Ingersoll)
aing way Ilieilliuiicu Mint i-ti . arra familv farm Th V nfnllr mnr.nvAr T fOAt ... .K.
have failed so far, 'and William Mann of the Washing- are all ancient and the acre, are wouldn't care to be anchored in
ion zoa nu . very nice acres. Fifty a month India indefinitely. It ls a won-
after me. , goej over seas. derful country to visit, and Miss
"We are looking for a name Here at home the generai di. Rita would be a strange girl
for this thoroughbred of mine, viiie, his time between the air u "he didn't want to see her hus-
he said. "She is a little bay jorce and his horses. band's home In Poona Yero-
beauty and looks like a winner. . thorouehhrerl. wda Palace but many western-
The mama was Fenelon and the climate and life dif-
the daddy Merry fcyes. bmart d ldom ,M. ficult after a bit.
thing to do, I suppose, wouia
be to name her Fenel Eyes." No' mentioning any names, he
The general, a balding pleasant "",uT.,. " V . wife at a time. However,
. . Nihn. "": yuMiouiuei oi man- !, vi... ai ,..
taken advantafe of this privt
This rljiv is snrrerl tn nnr hprnps rlpfld. tlnon their tombs
we have lbviiifrly laid the wealth of sprinsr. This is a day sort of a gent, suggested Nicho- lng hjm a
for memorv ami tears. A mighty nation Denns aoove its " J"1--
honored graves and pays to noble dust the tribute of its !cJl?" ?i . ,
love.
Under the Mohammedan creed
a man may have more than one
Gratitude is the fairest flower that sheds its perfume in onto a race horse.
the heart. Today we tell the history of our country's life You've got to look into all the
recount the loftv deeds of vanished years the toil and records and go through more
suffering, the defeats and victories of heroic men of channels than you would to get
men whn mndp nnr nation ore.it nnd free. story cleared on the A-bomb.
. . , , , ., ... In order to name a thoroughbred
The flag for which the heroes fought, for which they colti you've got to be sure that
died, is the symbol of all we are, of all we hope to be. It no horse by that name has raced
is the emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free during the last 15 years,
lips, self-government, and the sovereignty of the individ- General Mcintyre, a tough lit-
unl. It means that this continent has been dedicated to tie professional soldier, never
freedom. It means universal education light for every has flown a plane but thinks he
mind, knowledge for every child. It means that the school could take over the stick if the
house is the fortress of liberty. It means that "govern- occasion ever demanded,
ments derive their just powers from the consent to be "Thank goodness, It hasn't so
governed": that each man is accountable to and for the r," he said.
Government; that responsibility goes hand in hand with During the first world war, he
liberty. was an artillery officer and after
The flag Is the emblem of a supreme will of a nation's h,.ZnJ? nCtrH.n diS
power Beneath its folds the weakest must be protected XTLJi with to.
and the strongest must ooey. It shields and canopies alike lr torce 1943
the loftiest mansion and the rudest hut. The flag was The .eneraj a, ,ffaDie as they
given to the air in the Revolution's darkest days. It repre- come wa, m Montgomery,
sents the sufferings of the rast, the glories yet to be, and, la., of Irish stock. He had never
like the bow of heaven, it is the child of storm and sun. teen the homeland of his ances
This day is sacred to the great heroic host who kept this tors until th last war. Then in
flag above our heads, sacred to the living and the dead, 1943, he was in a C-54. on a reg
sacred to the scarred and maimed, sacred to th wive who ular mission. He had always
gave their husbands, to the mothers who gave their eons, bnri that his family came from
But what of those who fell? "' lue ""S1
, , . ., , , . county Donegal. He had been
There is no language to express the debt we owe, the told tnat his famUy lived bthlni
love, we bear to all the dead who died for us. ords are ( mxe White church in the vil
but barren sounds. We can but stand beside their graves Uge.
and in the hush and silence feel what speech has never told, as the C-54 swooped over the
They fought, they died, and for the first time since man village the pilot dipped a polite
has kept a record of events the heavens bent above and wing. Not only that, he landed
domed a land without a serf, a servant, or a slave. In a pasture nearby.
in, '
u 11 an 01 uiese lau, when his lese Th A vh h.. hn
the tab and then he told me how J?tlmenf..?omesvhf can fall married three times, his first
difficult it is to tag a handle D'CK on um' Nicholette. A sure wife being Italian and the other -
winner, no COUDt. two French Alv r,ri.l wa.
Or the general cin bq to In married to an ITnttlicVi woman.
land and watch the green grass It is interesting that both father
grow on that fin farm over and ton found their wives in
the western world.
Job Well Done
Tulsa, Okla., May 27 (U .ttNat Martin was hailed today as
the bravest man on the Tulsa sheriff's force. He served a
woman a summons while she was taking a bath.
Martin, a civil deputy, served the summons In the woman's
bathroom after she tried to "outwait" him by taking a leisurely
tubbing.
Martin said the woman's estranged husband let him Into
the house and told him his wife was taking a bath.
Martin, who had waited two days to find the woman home,
stood by patiently for an hour. The bath continued.
"Do yon think she'll be coming out pretty soon?" Martin
asked the husband who replied, "Maybe not She may stay
In there all day."
Asked what the was wearing, the husband replied "short."
The husband agreed to open the bathroom door long
enough for Martin to serve the summons.
The amated woman put her hands behind her back as the
papers fell to the floor legally served.
Martin said he didn't notice what she was wearing. He had
a Job to do and he did It.
Gopher in Wrong Hole
Seattle A gopher who chose the wront hole save nolle
a slight workout today. '
Th gopher feU Into a light well at the horn of K. B.
Peasley and mad so much noisa that police wcr summoned
to "quell a disturbance."
Two patrolmen placed a plank Into the light well so th
gopher could crawl out, escape and "gopher" a more con
ventional gopher hoi.