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BY BECK
Popular People
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 15, 1949
'', The Case of Paul Robeson
- A Moscow dispatch say that Paul Robeson, American
" Nej?ro siiiRPr, writing in Komosomnl Pravda, Tuesday, rie
" clared the Soviet Union was his "second motherland." He
r continued :
"Here is a country where a man can breathe so easily
and freely. For the first time I could properly straighten
! my shoulders, raise my head high and with all my soul
" sing songs."
h One is tempted to ask why then, having discovered the
"'promised land and paradise in the. Soviet Union, Robeson
doesn't remain there permanently instead of returning
" after a brief visit to the purgatory of his native land?
Presumably Robeson's homecoming trips are not only to
harvest the dirty American dollars for Moscox expendi
1 tures but to brazenly spread the propaganda of commun
ism among his rare, for recently he declared our Negroes
would fight for Russia in case of war with the United
States.
1, Sir Walter Scott in his "Lay of the Last Minstrel" sang:
A Breathes there a man with soul so dead.
Who never to himself has said,
Thin is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he has turn'd,
From wandering in a foreign strand?
Robeson has proven that there is such a man with "soul
so dead" who omits no opportunity to deride and slander
1' hia native land and would even fight for its destruction
but most communists are in the same boat and he is merely
following the "party line." Yet, when Hitler invaded Rus
,'iia, it was the patriotism of the aroused Russian people
-that repulsed the invaders.
" Any Russian that talked about his native land in Moscow
s the communists of all other countries are compelled to
'talk about their native lands would either get the firing
squad or disappear in a Siberian slave camp. And that
. Stalin has no use for his catspaws in foreign lands is shown
by the short shrift they get when a satellite state is estab
lished. Russians have no more use for foreign traitors
when they have done their dirty work than he has for
(Russians.
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TUCKER INDICTED
Chalk up another sensational expose for the Merry-Go-Round
with the Indictment of Preston Tucker last week.
Ever since July (, 1947, Drew Pearson has been prying Into
the operations of the notorious automobile promotor.
Tucker was Indicted on June 10, 1949. Exactly one year
before this, on June 10, 1948, Pearson made hia most sensa
tional charges against Tucker among them that he had
engaged in mail frauds In promoting bis car, that he had no
steel to build his cars, that he had gone far beyond the SEC
bounds on selling stock to the public. One year later, Tucker
was indicted.
i
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
i-r
SIPS FOR SUPPER
One Instance
BY DON UPJOHN
One rather balmy morning 20 or 30 years ago Cliff Lewis,
now deputy county assessor, started for work at the courthouse
without his overcoat. But by night when he started home the
weather had turned bitterly cold, a sharp wind was blowing and
as he headed out toward his home on State street he was pretty
regretful of his failure to wear
-Tn WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Acheson's Reports Explain
Reason for Byrnes' Quitting
By DREW PEARSON
Washington White House insiders marvel at the way Secre
tary of Slate Acheson reports to President Truman on almost
every detail of the Paris conference.
The White House is almost as up-to-date on what the foreign
ministers are talking about as Acheson's own assistants in Paris.
Acheson tells friends that he
learned about White House re- state flew down the Potomac to
porting from Jimmie Byrnes; for see Truman, got stranded by bad
heavy coat. Just then he hap
pened to meet the late Judge
Percy R. Kelly
headed for'
downtown in a
heavy coat. The
Judge stopped
h i m and re
marked, "Cliff,
you have no bu
siness being out
in this weather
clad the way;
you are. I onlyj
have a step to
go to take care
of my business.
Nothing's Safe Any More
Aurora E. B. Fountain of
Aurora recently learned that
shooting rata in one's own barn
sometimes is a hazardous occu
pation. Fountain and a group of
friends sought to exterminate
some of the unwanted rodents
from the former's premises
when one of the group apparent
ly aimed his gun at a rat and
lired, the ricocheting bullet in
flicting a flesh wound in Mr.
Fountain's foot, so it was learn
ed here.
it was Jimmie's
failure to send
detailed reports
to the president
that led to his
first break with J
Truman. Ache-
son relates how.
when Byrnes
attended the
Moscow confer
ence as secreta
ry of state, he
sent almost no
reports to Truman
MS
Ore rr
Oca tTlha
It would seem for the burg-
Here, you put lars looting Polk county taverns
on this coat of mine. When I get that their parking meter prob
through I'll get home in a street lems are over for some time,
car." A trivial thing, perhaps. They came up with $200 in nick
But set down here as indicative els. If they'd come up with a few
of the character of Judge Kelly rolls of pennies, also, everything
who later went on up to the su- would have been just ducky.
preme court where he died in
harness this week. It was one
of countless small kindly acts
of a great-hearted man.
A New Section Joins the City
Salem wai a bit larger Wednesday than it was the day
before. Because no appeal was filed with the supreme
'court in the injunction suit to quash the Kingwood annex
ation, that aection across the river can be regarded offi
tcially as a part of Salem.
1 In three respects, the adding of the Kingwood area could
;be considered important.
In the first place, the adding of residents of the area
means the enlarging of the population of the city to the
extent of the area and its future inhabitants. As the city
Itself grows in size, its position, recognition, needs, and
services will increase. So will the list of things Salem has
to offer. A larger city, although distasteful to some, can
mean more advantages in facilities offered to all its citi
zens. Secondly, the establishing of a section of the city across
the river tends to encourage the move to bring Salem and
West Salem together. Of course, the enabling legislation
fiassed at the recent session of the legislature eliminated
egal and technical barriers to such an annexation.
Thirdly, an enlarged city will mean the extension of
regular municipal services to an entirely new area. The
significance of this "jumping" of the river can not be over
looked. There is the matter of water and police and fire
protection, and the other links of a city government with
its people.
The annexing of West Salem Is much more than the wel
coming of more people into the city's boundaries. It is an
expansion of services and a challenge that reaches into the
future.
It was an outpouring of genu
ine love, respect and admiration
ui at the largely attended reception
!,,,-; h last evening in h o n o r of Rev.
need no especial review. They Geor Swl" 20'n anniver
have spoken for themselves. But 85 rectr ' St' f.aul? Ep's:
there are a lot of folks who are coPal church here timed with
remembering Judge Kelly for the 100th anniversary of the es
Just such little things as the one tablishment of the church. Ev
recounted above and in their er? year ha addd e"ng
way they perhaps are greater to the stature of this man in the
than anything recorded for pos- community, to the depth of af
terity in the cases reported in fectlon "alned bvJ nl 1,rom
the archives of the court. nis P"shioners and not alone
that, to the same feeling of af-
Yesterday was Flag day, but fection held for him by all citi
es far as anyone could tell is was Mn, regardless of their creed or
pretty much of a flagless flag caiijng. Shepherding a church
day around town. flock is no sinecure. It must be
And today is mighty nigh a by its very nature a difficult and
manless day around Salem for tiring job. Yet not one that has
fishing in the eastern Oregon been able in 20 years, at least,
lakes is under way and there to efface the smile and geniality
has been a great hegira over the of this good and godlike yet
mountains. very human man.
EISENHOWER IN SIGNIFICANT TALK
Ike Hits at Demagogues
Of the Paternalistic State
By DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
PART II
"In World War II, we Americans welded into a cooperative
unit the enterprise, initiative, spirit and will of many million
free men and women; we crossed the oceans and, joined
with our Allies, crushed two re-
weather, and became further an
noyed when Acheson implied
that he hadn't fully reported
the Moscow proceedings.
To settle the argument, Ache
son had a complete set of the
telegrams he sent to Byrnes, and
the replies Byrnes had sent him,
placed before Truman so he
could judge for himself.
This incident was the first
time the sparks flew between
Truman and Byrnes.
Things calmed down later. But
the real 4mni im that .limmia'a
Thereby hangs part of the .Canty reporting of the Moscow
still-untold mystery of why the conference started the chain of
popular and sometimes lmpul- circumstances that led to his
sive Jimmie Byrnes suddenly ,udden resignation,
resigned. ...
Acheson. who was acting sec- Tnere wa, aiway, , suspicion
retary of state while Byrnes was jn Truman, mind that Byrnes,
in Moscow in 1946, has told part 0ideri lar more eXp-rienced,
of the story to close friends. and a candidate for the vice pre
During that time he saw the pre- ,idency at the 1944 Chicago
sident five times a week, in ad- convention that nominated Tru
dition to being summoned on man, looked down on him, con
other occasions, and was con- gtantly recalled that save for a
stantly embarrassed at not be- twist of fate he would be in
ing able to report on what was Truman's shoes,
happening at Moscow. wuh years of experience e.
Several times Acheson cabled hind him in the senate, on the
Byrnes asking for reports, but ,Upreme court, as war mobiliz
sometimes he never even got an er Byrnes frequently acted on
acknowledgment. Dean figured his own without clearing poli
that the messages went to cies with Truman.
Byrness devoted secretary, Miss Not robust in health, he also
Cassie Connors, who probably pushed himself so hard that his
reasoned to herself that Byrnes doctor eventually told him he
was tired and shouldn't be bo- would have to resign or shorten
thered with reporting to Wash- his life. So Byrnes wrote the
ington. president a cordial letter ex-
At one time, Byrnes cabled: plaining the circumstances, said
"Tell Maud (Mrs. Byrnes) that there was no immediate hurry
my cold is better." But he ca- and suggested he might step out
bled little or no information to after the New York meeting of
Truman. the United Nations in the winter
... of late 1946.
a. A MOVIE STAR SluNED
If"! SmTK TOASWEN-VEARCOWWn
P ? C fZllV. HAS ODDS OF 30 TO I
? UWS AGAINST HER STICKING
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MAINTAIN ODDMRF. J feli
I IN 5 A HITCH-HIKER f
"7 TYllOOKING FOR A
?. If 111 MODELLING CAREER?-
II If HI OF VERY 10 WHO TRY,
(I I JUST I CRASHES INTO
J I T THAT TIGHT CIRCLE.
'6JMje ,. to-
Butterflies on a Bat
New Orleans George Berg, who has a collection of 15,
000 butterflies, says he caught most of the insects by getting
them drunk.
He sets out rotting fruit for bait, the fruit juices ferment,
and the butterflies that drink It get to tipsy to fly away.
SMALLER CITIES CITED
Vice Comeback in U. S.
Blamed on Public Inaction
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
New York, June 15 ) Commercialized prostitution is re
turning in many U. S. cities and towns especially smaller ones,
says the Journal of Social Hygiene.
Brought under fairly good
control during the war, the rec- Nationwide, it adds, "the sit
ord now is the worst in the last uation does not present any dif
nine years, adds the report by ficulties that cannot be solved
the American Social Hygiene as- by prompt, vigorous community
sociation. action. '
More than half of 213 com- "American communities had
munities in 42 states and Alaska the prostitution racket stopped
studied last vear were "unsatis- in its tracks five years ago. It
factory with relation to prosti
tution," it said. Most of them
were close to military bases.
"Generally speaking, the larg
er cities have held the line
against the prostitution racket.
Judge Percy R. Kelly
Stern common sense, patient courtesy, humility, fearless
honesty and high idealism marked the public and private
life of Justice Percy R. Kelly who. after a lingering illness,
'was called before humanity's final tribunal Tuesday.
A long career in public service as lawyer, district and
city attorney, and state legislator, 1!) years on the circuit
rourt bench, another 1!) years on the Oregon supreme court
bench filled a well spent and well worth while life. He
'was also prominent in fraternal organizations and was a
"past grand master of the Masonic lodge in Oregon, and a
member of the Klks, Tythians and Shriners.
"Knur things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to
answer wisely; to consider soberly and to decide impar
tially," Socrates said some 2400 years ago.
"Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more
reserved than plausible, and more advised than confident.
Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper vir
tue," wrote Sir Francis Rrown some R50 years ago.
All these and other judicial attributes were possessed
by Justice Kelley whose passing is a loss to Oregon as
well as the judiciary, and the svmpathy of all goes out to
hit widow and aurvivorg.
Double Pinch by Shoe Salesman
Memphis I' A shoo Mlctman administered a double
pinch to his customer.
Police said the salesman herama suspicions whea the
customer presented a 1120 government check to pay for a
pair of shoes. Ho he wrapped up a smaller pair, told the rua
lomer gnorihye, and called pnlire.
Offlrers found the check had keen rtnlra. They waited la
the store until the man returned to exchange the light
hoae and pinched him.
dividual to the dictates of the
state.
"You will participate in the
fight.
"We believe that Columbia
has effectively trained you for
the practice of your chosen pro
fession your diplomas are evi
dence of our confidence in that
tpnininM .nrf VAIIT SllCreSSftll
the grealest tactical operation .,,!;.' nut hevond the
of the war. purely academic or professional
f'H fin., ... n a nnallk . na.l.P V,A ' ......
" " r"'"""'- ri nnrl more important 10 nu-
gimented tyrannies whose pow
er was frightening; at the same
time, we rescued from industri
al disaster an ally whose Com
munist economy, we are now
told, is the only means to a
world of plenty.
"This class graduates almost
on the fifth anniversary eve of
cause of the resolution o( 14n.-
for
mamtv is vour readiness
nnn.non Americans lo preserve .-n.iW. ,iii,.nhin
'We trust that Columbia has
some of the things they held
nearest and dearest, their indi
vidual liberties and their hu
man dignity.
"If. In the tragic waste of war,
we could so magnificently prove
the strength of our system,
founded on human freedom,
what challenge is there in the
strengthened within you the
conviction that human freedom
must be treasured beyond all
else even life Itself for any
diminishment of it is a tragic
backward step.
"We hope that this school has
inspired within you a resolution
future that we cannot meet? The . .... ... liv of Ameri-
worker of miracles is team can citil;t.ll,i R()(i neighbors in
work. everv community task and in
Kvery American is a free vmlr ,id , tho?e , fortunate
member of a mighty partnership hlln yurvrs- forever build
that has at Its command all the ., . ',ln,.r ..,, work within
pooled strength of Western civ
iliration spiritual ideals, poli
tical experience, social purpose,
scientific wealth, Industrial
prowess.
our people.
"We hope, too, you will al
ways be sharply conscious that
the great rights you possess are
What got Truman particularly
irked was that the final proto
col signed at Moscow was broad
cast by the Moscow radio long
before Byrnes cabled it to the
state department. Therefore, the
president, who had flown out to
Independence, Mo., read the fi
nal results in the morning pa
pers almost before he got a re
port from the state department.
Truman was further irked
when Byrnes, flying back from
Moscow, sent a message to Bill
Benton, assistant secretary of
state for public information,
telling him to arrange for a ra
dio broadcast in which Byrnes
would report to the American
people.
When Byrnes arrived, Ache
son went to the airport to meet
him and, while driving home,
"Jimmie casually mentioned his
forthcoming broadcast. "What
broadcast?" asked Acheson.
Byrnes told him.
Knowing that Truman was
irked, Acheson hinted that it
would be wise to report to the
president before going on the
air.
Truman, however, had gone
down the Potomac on the yacht
Williamsburg perhaps as a de
liberate rebuff to Byrnes. This
made the secretary of state
highly indignant, and Acheson
had a hard time explaining that
this was Truman's only way of
escaping a constant stream of
callers. Truman, he explained,
had been just as busy as Byrnes.
This led to a heated argument
between Byrnes and Acheson
while driving from the airport;
but, In the end, the secretary of
But while Byrnes was in New
York conducting the UN meet
ings, he learned that Truman
had sounded out Gen. George
C. Marshall about becoming sec
retary of state.
This confirmed an earlier re
port, officially denied by the
White House, that Truman wan
ted to replace Byrnes with Gen
eral Marshall. This time Jimmie
hit the ceiling and called Tru
man on the telephone. Truman
also got irked and told his sec
retary of state to go take a seda
tive. This was too much foe th
warm-hearted, impulsive Jim
mie. He sent a perfunctory tele
gram to the president. It read:
"In view of your unsympathetic
attitude, I resign immediately."
Truman, also sore, took
Byrnes at his word. He appoint
ed General Marshall almost im
mediately as secretary of state.
NOTE Acheson tells friends
how Marshall, in contrast to
Byrnes, always answered every
telegram sent by the state de
partment or White House dur
ing international conference!.
At Moscow, Marshall detailed a
special secretary to acknowledge
all letters and telegrams. Some
times the telegram merely in
formed the White House that
Marshall would be stuck in con
ference for the next three hours
and therefore couldn't answer.
Heal difference between the two
men was that Byrnes played di
plomacy by ear, didn't have
time to send reports. Marshall,
on the other hand, couldn't play
diplomacy except b paying
close attention to the musical
score.
(Cnprrltht m)
can be done again, if citizens
will face the facts and work to
gether." There have been vast im
provements over 20 and 40 years
Better police systems, better ago, the report continues,
courts and more highly organ- "Extensive red light districts
ized public opinion and action have been eliminated. Brothels
groups, especially the social hy- formerly harbored 10 to 20 in-
giene societies, have built strong mates. Today they seldom have
bulwarks. more than five, often only two,
"Where unsatisfactory condi- in many instances but one.
tions are found, it is in the main "Panderers now operate cir-
in the smaller communities cumspectly. Streetwalkers, too,
from 8.000 to 100,000 population are far less numerous and much
where facilities and public more clandestine in their oper-
backing are less available." ations. The modern counterpart
of the sexually promiscuous fe-
The report says "public leth- males who paraded their activi-
argy is responsible, almost with- ties in the saloons of prewar
out exception, for the 'bad' and days and in the speakeasies of
'poor' prostitution conditions the prohibition era, work in a
found in some cities today." more covert manner now.
Forty-six states, the District "This is not only because they
of Columbia, and Hawaii "have fear detection and arrest, but
laws adequate to protect family also because proprietors of pres-
and community life against ent day bars, grills, and night
prostitution." There is also a clubs realize that the old order
federal law which military of things has changed, and that
authorities can invoke to pro- conditions comparable to those
hibit prostitution near military of former years will not be tol-
establishments. erated by the authorities.
"There is no limit, other than accompanieo' by inescapable oh-
our own resolve, to the tem
poral goals we set before our
selves as free individuals Join
ed In a team with our fellows;
as a free nation in the commun
ity of nations.
ligations; that you can most
surely preserve your own rights
hy defending the rights of oth
ers. "And we hope that your faith
has been strengthened in the
Skaters Dizzy
lleloli. Wis. Robert Mother, II, today laced trial as
Mi "phantom Tolre" at a roller skating rink.
Tha last two Saturday aighla just when the re.ge.lar tailor
oemed "lo the right" to the skaters, another tee aaM "to
the left." The rnnliivion aa terrific.
Mosher, a radio "ham," admitted he was "throwing" hia
olce with a mobile radio transmitter. Hit trial for disturb
lot the peaoe was Ml for June L
"The modern preachers of the wealth of opportunity our coun-
paternalistic state permit them- try and civilization spread be-
selves to be intimidated by cir- for the Individual; that you
eumstances. have grown In courage to de-
"Bllnding themselves to the 'end the old when It is good,
Inevitable f.rowth of despotism, to move forward fearlessly on
they craven-like seek, the path of proved principle, nn-
through government, assurance daunted by the pitfalls to left
that they ean forever eount and right today our stark need
upon a full stomach and warm ts courageous and wis men and
eloak or perhaps th sinister- women, who conserve their
minded among them think, by goodly heritage while they add
playing upon our fears, to be- ri'w richness to It.
come the masters of our lives. "If It hs done these things. If
It has helped you to both wis-
"In th years ahead of you dom and understanding as well
graduates, the fundamental as to knowledge and techniques,
struggle of our time may be de- then Columbia university has
idet between those who accomplished its mission toward
would further apply to our daily this class and toward the free
lives the concept of Individual democracy of which you are a
freedom and equality; and those part."
who would subordinate the in- (The Ind)
Who Said Income Tax Didn't Hurt?
Ottawa J. Bronc buster Frank Freeze of Phoenix,
Arls., was tossed hy "Income Tax" at a Loval rodeo.
He suffered a broken collar bone.
HUSBANDS THEN AND NOW
What Suited Grandma
Is Not Enough Today
Columbus. O. fti.B The modern girl is looking for different
things In her future husband than grandma did. a survey by an
Ohio State University graduate student revealed.
The quality grandma looked
college age level, their mothers,
and their maternal grandmoth
ers. A total of 1. .100 women .100
in each generation have been
questioned, and one of the un
changing customs Roller has un
earthed shows that It always has
been the man who has picked up
the check.
It was a little easier on grand
pa, however, since grandma says
dates were less frequent then
and much time was spent In the
parlor, where you didn't need a
big bankroll.
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for in a man was whether he
was a good provider, but two
generations later, the girls are
looking for men with personal
ity. Interesting hobbies and in
terests similar to their own.
Marvin R. Koller, 30. of
Cleveland, has found out quite
a few facts about courtship
practices during three genera
tions as he makes a survey for a
doctorate In sociology at Ohio
State.
For his research, he sends
questionnaires to three genera
tion! f women those of the
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