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Three Homeless, Hungry Boys
New York ui When a nun opened the door of the N'ew
York foundling home, she found a five-year-old boy stand
ing frightened on the steps.
Silently he handed her a note.
"These three boys are brothers," the note said. "Johnny is
five, Charles is two, James is one. I have no home for them.
I am desperate. Please take care of thrm. I'll get in touch
with you. I begged welfare investigators but no good. I'll get
In touch with you in a few days."
The note was unsigned.
On the sidewalk in front of the home the nun found a
carriage with the other two boys.
All three were hungry.
All Johnny was able to tell questioners was that his last
name was Cummlngi. He couldn't tell where he lived previ
ously. "Where's Mommy?" he kept asking.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
BY BECK
State Department Hands Actions You Regret
Israel a Brusque Note
4
Salem, Oregon, Monday, June 13, 1949
Mom's Chance
ADA Moves to the Rescue
New deal "Americana for Democratic Action" who op
posed the renomination of President Truman, and boomed
General Eisenhower for nomination and on his withdrawal
reluctantly supported Mr. Truman, are viewing with alarm
the nation' economic plight. The organization has called
a political rally at Washington for July 12 to put some
steam behind the administration's congressional program.
The ADA warns that the nation is "on the thin ice of
recession" and headed for disaster unless congress acts
quickly to save the nation by deficit spending and higher
taxation not a word about economy, efficiency, or a bal
anced budget, about European relief or the Atlantic pact
just a return to piling higher the national debt now at the
fabulous figure of $252 billions.
Immediate action Is demanded on a five-point program
for supporting prices and wages already at record heights,
ax follows:
1. Expanded minimum wage coverage at a level of 75 cents
n hour.
2. Increased social security benefits on a payroll tax bans.
I. Subsidized public housing
4. Additional federal subsidy of education.
5. The Brannan farm program which would subsidize both
consumers and farmers.
The ADA has previously endorsed the Truman tax pro
gram which calls for a hike of $4 billion in general taxa
tion and more than $2 billion is payroll taxes in the com
ing fiscal year, although the president's economic adviser
now oppose the hikes as deterrants to prosperity and the
democratic leaders in congress also oppose it.
There seems little chance of any of these measures be
ing enacted, except perhaps an increase in minimum wages.
Putting the Profs on Record
The University of California has set an example that
could be followed with profit by all colleges, especially
those state and fedeially owned or supported, by requiring
all professors, instructors and administrators to sign loy
alty pledges after July 1. The oath will be made a part of
all contracts with the 4000 faculty members and adminis
trators. The U. of C. has always required its faculty mem
bers to swear allegiance to federal and state constitutions,
and the new pledge is merely to support that oath.
Dr. George A. Pettitt, assistant to President Gordon
Sproul, president of the university, says no serious opposi
tion is expected. "We don't like the idea of oaths," he
said, "but in the cold war hysteria we are facing, some
thing had to be done. This more explicit oath will give,
if needed, greater public assurance of the attitude the uni
versity has always had."
However, the university professors' 1100-member aca
demic senate scheduled a meeting with President Sproul
for explanation after some faculty members said they
were concerned over the action of the board of regents in
requiring the oath and its implications, perhaps on the
same grounds that some other professors of other univer
sities have taken when they refused under oath to state
whether or not they were communists.
The pledge required merely says:
"I do not believe in and am not a member nor do I support
any party or organisation that believes in. advocates or teaches
the overthrow of the United States government by force or by
any Illegal, unconstitutional methods."
Opinion on One-Way Streets
i Forecasters of doom won't like the way Eugene haa
reacted to its system of one-way streets. Those in Salem
who predicted terrible result for the capital city if the
Baldock one-way grid system were adopted will find little
support in a survey of opinion on such a system in Eugene.
. True enough, the survey was made by postcards on
parked cars in the business district, but the results from
1725 voters and drivers of automobiles were decisive.
Eighty-two percent approved the one-way grid set-up
after it had been in operation for six months. Of that
number only 6 percent suggested any physical change in
the existing pattern. Of the 18 percent voting against
making the system permanent, almost one-fifth of those
wanted changes but were not in favor of abandoning the
aystem.
Eugene has yet to make a decision on a permanent traf
fic plan. These results were a check of sentiment In the
affected area. Eugene's city council will decide.
The encouraging reaction from Eugene tends to endorse
the recent favorable action of Salem's council on the Bal
dock plan, and its one-way street grid. The decisive na
ture of the Eugene poll, even though it was but a postcard
snmpling, would indicate that the one-way street pattern
does not drive business away from a store on a one-way
treet. And drivers would certainly have registered any
real "inconvenience" had there been one.
BY DON UPJOHN
Here we start the week off which is the home stretch leading
straight to Father's day next Sunday and this should give mother
a chance to show up father as a real piker. Yea, mother can look
back at whatever it was the old
man did for her on Mother's day ter celebrated his 101st birthday
and make him blush with shame -nniv.r.arv yesterday and said
By DREW PEARSON
Washington One of the hottest notes in recent diplomatic his
tory has just been handed the Israeli government by the state de
partment. It threatens to revise the entire American attitude toward Pal
estine. Diplomatic insiders consider the language of the note to
be almost as blunt as the famed
Schwag seems to have a secret
connection inside the army, for
data on contract penalties is
confidential information.
Despite this, within a week
after a contractor has been pen
alized for not living up to the
letter of his contract, he some
times gets another printed card
from Schwag. who writes:
"Would you like refund on
penalties of ?" Again the
blank is filled In with the num
ber of the contract.
NOTE The treasury depart
ment's internal revenue bureau
refuses to let its ex-attorneys
practice before the government
until two years after they leave
the government. However, the
Frank B. Kellogg note of 1927
putting Mexico "on trial before
the world" be
cause of Mexi
can seizure of
Amer lean oil
lands.
In fact, U.S.
Ambass a d o r
James G. Mac-
Donald seemed
to consider the
note so brusque
that when he
delivered it to
Foreign Minis
ter Moshe Sharet in Tel Aviv,
he looked at Sharet, half smiled,
read the note aloud and cryptic
ally remarked:
It LL
Ore Praraa.
by so far out-
it's a lot of bunk that "the first
hundred years are the hardest."
The first year of his second cen
tury, he believes, was tougher
than any of the previous 100.
Yeater lamented also that his
101st birthday was disappoint
ing. "Hoped somebody would
drop in with a bottle," he said
as the day was fading.
The Cherrians' Rose Festival
float which has been examined
she'll have the
edge on him for
the rest of the
year. The fact
that whatever
she does will al
so likely be
coupled with
the fact that the
old man will
probably have
fn n.v fir it in
the end should also make her y the multitudes since it was
triumph more complete. So it Put on ,he courthouse lawn for
looks like a golden opportunity that Purpose, can stand quite a
for mother. And, if she's shrewd t of scrutiny. Its a cleverly
and far sighted a. women are designed and worked out piece
apt to be. It also will put the business and whoever design
old man on the spot for the next ed " dpn,es some sort of a
Mother's day and should bring ribbon to lay away among the
In some magnificent returns. All uvenirs.
of this has probably been figur-
ed far in advance by brighter For beln the most flabber
minds than ours when they "asied man of the year the me
started commercializing these dal s h o u 1 d go to Les Sparks,
days and began stacking the handV man ' Ports and direc
the cards against both Ma and ,or of ucn activities at Willam
pa. ette university for 26 years. The
"flabbergasting" came Saturday
But mother needn't think night when he was givena com
. , , , . . .. plete surprise by his friends in
shell get a sparkle out of the the ,hape of blanket, ,Weater
"These are the instructions of army flatly refuses to apply the
my government."
THIRTY SIX HOLES EH' YOU TjfirjJtM
VVONT FEEL SO FLATTERED MJFtf
. AFTER THIS WHEN J'A s jF?W
.V.".. ( SOME BK3SHOT GOLFER JAV -JT
Z:"0cfr
'' ay .M IbeOsi.
Then he left.
Last blunt paragraph of the
warning reads:
"If the government of Israel
continues to reject the basic
principles set forth by
counsel of the United Nations
and the friendly advice of the
United States government for
the purpose of furthering the
cause of peace in Palestine, the
United States government will
regretfully be forced to the con
clusion that a complete revision
of its attitude toward Israel has
become unavoidable.'
same rule. It. refusal is an open POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
"invitation' to lawyer lobby.
ists.
Where East and West
Meet in Mutual Fear
single imp res
old man's eye by buying him a
new hoe or spade or lawn mow
and additional merchandise cer
tificate honorarium in slight to-
r or some such instrument of anroDinn hi.
-.. TU.t I. 1 l t'f "-- .v,.a w. "-
Miiiuir. inai , iiui unlets ane
buys him one of the lady's size.
Old Saw Debunked
Portland William L. Yea-
vices. Nobody was ever more en
titled to such recognition and
probably nobody ever least ex
pected such a thing would be
ior him.
WAY TO GET ULCERS, HEART TROUBLE
Want Job of Governor?
Tough, But McKay Likes It
(Editor's Note: Here's more about what goes on In the state
capitol. United Press Correspondent Bill Warren takes the
reader in this article in on the problems and pleasure of
being governor.)
One amazing feature of the
peremptory diplomatic message
is that President Truman takes
personal resoonsi b 1 1 1 1 y . The
first paragraph of the note
states that the message is being
sent at the request of the presi
dent of the United States.
The note deals with two main
subjects:
1. Boundaries between Is
rael and Arab lands;
2. Arab refugees.
The question of boundaries Is
dealt with only briefly, the
United States demanding that
Israel compensate the Arab
countries for additional lands
seized by Jewish armies after
the date of the United Nations
decision of November 29, 1947.
The main body of the note
pertains to the 600,000 to 800,
000 Arab refugees who seek to
return to their homes and ter
ritory now held bv Israel
These refugees fled Palestine oiooay civil
during the Arab-Jewish war, war-
partly because they were urged D iP 1 o m atic
to do so by the mufti of Jeru- e"rts directed
salem partly because they fear- toward the
I'NDER THE DOME
Freshman Congressman Horn-
the "- uii unvi f
3, wnuse parents were aeal ana ' -
dumb has been named a direc- Berlin, June 13 Wl Here in defeated Germany Is the world
tor of Washington's Gallaudet capital of postwar optimism.
college only graduate senior There is uneasiness in Washington, Paris, London and Moscow.
college in the world for the There appears to be less uneasi
deaf and dumb. ness here.
The federal aid to education The biggest
bill has no stronger supporter sion a postwar
than Republican Congressman visitor gets now
James Golden of Kentucky, who is that the de
was born on the Daniel Boone feated are not
trail of the lonely pines. "We so worried to
mountain folks know the value day as their con
of a warm schoolroom and querors. They
good teachers in educating the see better times,
citizens of tomorrow," drawls For the cur
Golden, rent interna
In his spare moments, hard- tional tug-of-working
Democratic Congress- Peace over the
i . f at. ef hie imin. 1
man jonn Marsaiis, Colorado - a.i B.rt-
democrat, plays some of the
fanciest golf In congress,
icoprrla-ht lHt
I
has given
back the average German some-
collapsed in military and politi
cal chaos in 1945.
He has regained a feeling oi
importance, the thing the Ger
man likes best. He has thl
knowledge that here where easi
and west once met in victor
they now meet in mutual fear
And he knows that he Is thl
keystone of that fear.
He is enjoying the odd pleas
ure of being courted from twe
directions s i m u 1 1 aneously in
stead of having to fight simul
taneously in two directions. Anc
this Is a flattering gift of peact
Indeed to a nation that In a sin-
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
How Long Will Nationalists
In China Hold Recognition?
By DeWITT MacKENZIL
ton roreltD Afltlr Analyst!
Both the harassed Chinese nationalist government in Canton
and the triumphant communist leadership in the north are ma
neuvering energetically for position in the forthcoming fresh
phase of their-
By WILLIAM WARREN
Unltd Praia atari Correjpondtnt)
Says the governor of Oregon: "It's a fine job and a great life
If you don't develop ulcers or heart trouble. Fortunately, my doc
tors tell me I'm not susceptible to either."
Gov. Douglas
ed Jewish terrorism.
Since the war, the Israeli
government has said that it
would be willing to assist in ta
king care of these refugees pro
vided the Arab governments
assist also. However, Israeli has
refused to bring them back to
western world
are in part tak
ing the place of
gunfire during
a pause in the
victorious Red
drive.
From Nan-
thing he lost when his nation gie generation lost two war bidi
for world dominance because it
got Itself in the classic milltar
dilemma having to fight fort
and aft at the same time.
Three years ago, when I last
came here, the victors' prevail
ing philosophy, left over front
the wartime unity, was:
"Germany is trying to divids
the allies split them Into tws
camps."
Today the underlying feellnf
appears to be:
"We must win the Germans tc
our side."
No longer do the conqueror!
they cant afford to lei
be divided by thl
Tacitly acceptim
that division now, they court thf
In defeat, Germans
Otft'lll Ma.a.nal
could persuade the western pow
ers to withdraw recognition of say
th natinnnlist. The pnmmnn. themselves
ists already have laid down the rillit
conditions under which they conquered
will be prepared to enter diplo- is today more united than th
matlc relations with foreign nations who whipped her.
powers. or ,ne knows what shi
Tk. ' j. ... wants. She wants to be Germa-
The condition, are these: ny again ,he springboard ,
1. Foreign armed forces must European division,
be withdrawn from China. . . .
McKay, as Ore-r
nn i chief ex- r
ecutlve, must
travel a great t
deal, represent-'
lng the state at
regional and na-,
tional confer-
ences and at
home-base func
tions. A Columbia
basin hearing in
the national capital; a
meet in Bellingham; an inter-
aafSaVKaW.
. .. ....
William Warrrn
trade
BY GUILD
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tive, the governor must appoint
such bodies as the furniture and
i bedding advisory council and
.! the Oregon potato commission,
and the temperance and rehabil
itation commission on uniform
state laws.
In the governor's outer offices
are the four members of his sec
retarial staff, headed by amiable,
able Alone Phillips. The others
are Lcolyn Barnett, Ruth M.
Smith and Carol Goff.
Thcv run interference fnr th
governmental relations session governor, screening out many
at Sacramento. And then the oft base ri,qilPS,. an(j queries
home-base events a strawberry that have not,ing to do with the
festival in Lebanon; a rodeo in governor s field of action uch
St. Paul; a conservation meeting a, reqnp,!, for autographed
in Eugene; a safety meeting in handkerchiefs or official but-
La Grande; a rose festival in tons; a rcquc.t from Johnny
Portland; a flax festival at Mt. JonF, in Fori()a that the gover-
nKpl- nor free some inmate from fed
It's wearing work, the govrr- ernl prison, to a touch for a
nor observes, and one of the sampe piece of Oregon myrtle
main problems "is finding WOod.
enough hours in a day to do the Wnat Bre Pt!it!mately left
work of chief executive and still OVer are enough to keep Ore
have time to talk with members . chi,,f executive in a state
of my family and. to sleep " f continurd action.
"It is a strenuous job bring .
governor," says McKay. "But I As tor the considerable travel-
find it very interesting, and I in(( he nulsl no on his Job Mc.
enjoy It, as I feel I'm really Kav savJ ,hat paradoxically, he
rendering a service to my state." gl,t. to visit more with his wife
now than he used to. Both of
The governor must name a his daughters have grown up,
multitude of boards and men and Mrs. McKay now accom-
from budget director to board of panics the governor on most of
watchmaking and clockmaking; his trips.
their former homes, first be- R'n8 comes word that commun
cause is would automatically officials there are urging
cut off further Jewish migra- western powers to withdraw
tion from Europe, second be- recognition of the nationalist
cause the cost would be prohi- government. Meantime, the na-
2. Relations must be based on In a way, Germany is on thl
"equality, mutual benefit and auction block. But who can bus
mutual respect for each other's ner? The muscular milltar
..j 4 u . -i : power of Russia, the old neigh
independence and territorial in- h. ...m , ,h . r
bitive. tionalists have appealed again egrujr. strong boy of the western world
At present. Jews are migrat- to Uncle Sam for aid, this bid 3. Recognition must be with- America?
ing from Europe to Israel at having been made in Washing- drawn from the nationalist gov- Probably neither can do sc
the rate of 25.000 to 30.000 a ton by Dr. Kan Chieh-Hou, spe- ernment. permanently,
month. A total of about 60.000 cial emissary from China's act- Obviouslv America will rec- For in the unswePt rubble ol
Jewish immigrants have been ing president, Li Tsung-Jen. . " ... ', ,ne,r lost gamble for world do-
placed in new camps, due to ... ogn,Ie the communists if and mnion, ,he Germans are, in on.
lack of housing elsewhere in So far as concerns any with- wh'n ,hey ublish a responsi- way, stronger than either th
Israel And the new government drawal of recognition from the Dle government for China. How- Russians or the Americans,
faces the basic fact that it can- nationalists. Washington has ever, the signs seem to read Ihnt That ' because the Russians
not have both Jewish and Arab taken the position that it will even
and Americans are afraid ol
Choosy, This Job Seeker
h. ,..). "'" "." UIU Ol
migration. It must take one or not recognize any communist aren't likely to abandon any "L h' G.m?"! "
o .V ... regime so long as a responsible Chinese elements which are
Recently, the United States nationalist government exists. friendly to the west no matter -ri
made a financial survey of the While the military prospects what their political comnlev a? Germans feel they alons
Arab refugee situation ond de- of the nationalists seem dim, ion complex- can buy themselves back even-
cided it would cost an average this country Isn't going to do rhin, ,. : . r , ,ly- ? know U nd they
of $500 per head to resettle the anything to contribute to their f",nf',T, A"? Pea! Wing "gain-
Arabs. And the state deoart- collapse The other western JL" icomPle P'ctu for as t was for y hundred years,
ment now demands that, if the powers have been playing along g on tne nlnge of the Teuton.
Israeli government will not re- with America in this policy,
patriate the refugees, it must i (ne matter of the national
bear the cost of resettlement ist bd for further aid. there is
approximately M00.000 000 no sif, that Washington intends
Israeli is wi'ling to pay for to snj(t its policv of not giving
the land and belongings which further military help. American
the refusers left behind, but has n at present is limited to pro-
not been willing to nny the huRe vlding economic help out of a
resettlement bill. This r-'usal fund of some $54,000,000 which
naturally Is the subject of di- i, handled by the economic co-
plomatic argument and ncgoti- operation administration. This
""n- assistance is mainly for food in
But why It should cause such the sections not captured by the
a blunt rebuff, with President Reds
LllW-n LI. ihe. Urst Dr. Kan has stated In Wash-
London MP! A hopeful advertiser in London's Staid Times
knows Just the kind of job he wants.
His ad read:
"Wanted, responsible appointment, minimum work and
four-figure salary with unlimited expense sheet; will travel
anywhere in luxury only; If really essential could supply
references."
from liquor control commission
to board of funeral directors and
embalmers; from highway com
mission the chiropodists examin
ing board. Boards of aero
nautics and agriculture. Battle
ship Oregon commission.
Some 70 assorted commissions,
councils and boards In all.
Says McKay:
"As a matter of fact, despite
a busy schedule. I now get to
visit my wife more than I have
for some years. We can talk
while we're traveling from en
gagement to engagement. It Is
impossible to accept 25 per cent
of the Invitations we receive.
ARMY LOBBYIST
He must also serve on inter- But in the travel we do manage.
State groups, such as the Pacific we find It encouraging to learn
coast board of Intergovernmental what fine people there are In all
relations and national governors' parts of Oregon "
conference. The governor's hobby Is a
He must sign extradition horse seven-year-old American
papers and assorted documents, five Railed saddle horse Eugene
He must attend weekly meetings Peavine. McKay used to give
of the board of control and land F.ugene Peavine a workout near
board: occasional meetings of ly ever day, but now, with all
the banking board and printing his duties as Oregon's head man,
board; and quarterly meetings he is glad to get In two days a
of the board of education, board week.
of library trustees and forestry Gov. McKay, who will be .16
board. He must also sit in occa- years old this June 24, is a vet
slonally with the advisory board eran of World War I, who was
for boxing commissions. wounded in the Meuse-Argonne
While attending to his many area, and a nnncombat veteran
duties at Oregon's chief execu- of World War lL
ington that the nationalists have
a "definite plan" for defense of
territory still in their hands. Ha
A Philadelphia attorney has didn't sav what that plan might
turned his former connections be. However, the nationalist
with the army quartermaster government In Canton is said to
into a profitable business be preparing to move to the old
He Is Samuel Schwag, former wartime capital of Chungking,
legal officer lor the quarter- leaving an army behind to de
master corps, who now repre- fend Canton against the Reds,
senta manufacturers seeking Meantime, former President
contracts with the quartermas- Chiang Kai-Shek has organized
'rr- the defense of the great island
Schwag sends out printed of Formosa off the east coast,
postal cards to all bidders, ad- ...
vising them of his former con- Of course, the communists
nection with the quartermaster aren't rushing into establishing
corps and promising: "I can a "government" of their own at
help you out on .' Then he this Juncture. They aren't ex-
fills in the number of the con- pected to make this move until
tract In Ink. autumn, and so, meantime, they
There is nothing secret abont aren't eligible for international
the names of bidders and num- recognition.
brs on army contracts. They Naturally, their position
made public. However, would be strengthened if they
are
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