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4 Salem, Oregon, Monday, June 20, 1949
Illusion Becomei Delusion
The annual Oregon Methodist conference held the past
week at Ashland following a lively debate on world peace,
adopted resolution railing for the removal of peace time
conscription, the end of atomic bomb production until in
ternational control are effected and opposed the North
Atlantic defense pact on the basis of three points:
1. H aggravates rather than eases existing tensions.
2. It oontradicti both the spirit and the letter of the United
Nation oharter.
t. M la military in character.
The conference voted more than two to one to retain the
sections in the report and the peace committee was in
structed to notify Oregon's senators in Washington and
Senator Tom Connally, Texas, chairman of the senate's
foreign relations committee, of the conference's stand on
the three issues.
The platform is that outlined by the so-called "world
peace committee," which is conducting an extensive pac
ifist propaganda campaign, an ideological essay that when
war comes, as it may, will fill the conscientious objectors'
camps with fanatical pacifists.
The atomic bombs, under present conditions of the un
settled world, are the present defense against communist
aggression and without such a stockpile of the deadly
missives in all probability all European nations would
now have become Russian satellites along with the Bal
kan and Baltic states. They are the restraining influence
until Moscow solves their secrets.
The only reason why we do not have international con
trol of atomic energy under the United Nations is because
Russia vetoed the only practical control plan offered, which
the United Slates tried vainly to put into effect.
The Atlantic pact is part of the plan to unite western
Kurope against Russian aggression and to contribute to
the peace of the world. In union there is strength against
the program of Russia to stage its aggression on one state
at a time.
Military conscription is merely essential preparedness
to resist aggression and a deterrent, against it. War is
not made on prepared nations and the recent World War
was due to the unprcparedness of democracies to meet
aggressors.
The pacifist program is altruistic, unrealistic and vis
ionary in the state of the world at present and we echo
The Oregonian's opinion that the resolutions are a "lament
able indication of why the various denominations, when
they speak officially, have lost their influence." The Ore
gonian continues editorially:
"And certainly we do not speak of the Methodisfs particularly.
They are only the occasion for our comment. The fact remains
that in coming to decisions in matters of this sort and they
seem to think they are required to come to official decisions
they Increasingly decide to prove their good will rather than
their good sense. They recommend a course which they stand
for the whole concept of the importance of the individual
human soul. They depend upon the general body of the people
to save them from the folly which they initial.
"And srt 111 they puzzle about the failure of the church to in
crease Its Influence over the thinking of the people. How can
there he Increased influence when the church groups officially
recommend what the people Instinctively know would destroy
all that the Christian centuries have won? Sometimes we think
that Christianity is in the hearts of the Individual citizens. And
somehow we are convinced that God Is not unaware of this."
Yet, If war is again forced on the United States,
as it has been in the past, the churches will again, as in
the past, be among it strongest and most patriotic sup
porters as they again realize too late, that their lives and
liberties are menaced by the aggressor, and that their
illusion has flowered into delusion.
Prison 'Break' Almost Forgotten
The names of Benson and Pinson were too familiar to
the Salem area early this month. Fscape of the two dan
gerous men from the slate penitentiary here was the top
topic of conversion locally at that time.
But now, in the passing days, the convicts' names have
been almost forgotten. So has the demand for a full public
report on the "break," with recommendations for addi
tional security provisions.
Just as the relentless search fur the men must go on. so
should efforts to prevent another similar "break." Nat
urally, those efforts will be made by Warden Alexander.
But what are his recommendations designed to help him
do the job? All he can do is use what the state gives him
in the way of cell blocks and guards.
Are more guards needed? Would an electric-eye system
he considered advisable? Are rehabilitation measures
adequate? The legislators had denied the warden's re
quests Two weeks ago the Capital Journal called on the state
board of control to get all the facts on the prison "break."
The hoard meet next week. There is no reason why mem
bers of the hoard can't hear the facts so they can make
recommendation to aid the warden In preventing more
wen from "going over the wall."
The people of Oregon are entitled to know what it will
take to see that more Finsnns and Bensons don't escape.
Pup Springs Burglar Alarm
Seattle, June iAi A pun got lonely after a Rallard
tavern closed up last night, leaving him Inside.
Be turned on the burglar alarm. at least that's the only
etplanatlnn the owner. I.eon Collins, and Tollce Patrolman
W. It. I.owney and E. M. Wessellua, eould give today for Its
sounding at 1:4.1 a. m.
As the nffirrrs rushed up and hurriedly opened the door,
the dog slipped out and disappeared.
"Apparently the pup belonged to some customer," Collins
Hid.
BY BECK
Popular People!
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ffl T AGENTS HES THE FOURTH ONE TO -i:
WAf'-'W. TELL ME THAT IP OUQ HOUSE f-f,'-
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Passing Show
BY DON UPJOHN
Homer Smith, Sr., the well known insurance magnate, was
drifting along Court street rather early and encountered Joe
Hutchinson, the well known realty magnate. Joe was engaged
in the useful oc-
funillnn n f
s w e e ping the
n 1 g h t's debris
from the walk
while Homer
was engaged in
the useful occu
pation of get
ting down to his
office. "How
are you, Joe?"
Homer asked of
the realtor.
Then he hastened to add, "Not
that I give a tinker's darn but
1 just wanted to start some
conversation." This bit of Amer
icana we considered immumina
tive of most all of the "How are
you Joes?" passed out in the
Dt)B C)oba
has done any damage,, say the
experts. A day or two must be
awaited to see whether Mr. Os
mosis, that deadly enemy to our
cherry crop, is going to get in
his foul work. He's the guy
that tempts the sugar inside of
the cherry to take a drink when
there's water on the outside of
the fruit thus busting through
the hide. It's thought the sugar
so far wasn't very thirsty or
there wasn't enough water to
make it worth while trying to
get a drink.
Money the Hard Way
Chesterfield. Eng. i) To win
a halfpenny bet from a class
mate, 14-year-old Brian Mitchell
morning as acquaintances meet, 'wallowed: Twenty-four .22 cal-
iner cartridge casings, ten Dut-
FT St BA Note tons, two farthings, a length of
(Mill City Enterprise) metal chain. Then he collected
A near disaster occurred at the halfpenny he wagered and
the Idanha Lumber Co. mill swallowed that. too. Now he's
Friday. It started with a sneeze, in a hospital, on a heavy diet
An employe let loose with a wal- of bread and potatoes. A half
loping ha-choo! He then was penny is worth about five-sixths
seen to paw frantically through of a cent.
the sawdust, then dash out of
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
American Tourist Should
Be Good-Will Ambassadors
By DREW PEARSON
Ed. Note Part of Dew Pearson's Column today takes the
form of a letter to James Webb, acting secretary of state:
Mr. James Webb
Acting Secretary of State
Washington, D. C.
Dear Jimmie:
When your old chief, O. Max
Gardner, was preparing to be
come ambassador to England,
he was working
on an idea
which you, who
were not with
him at that par
ticular time,
may not have
known about..
And since Max
is now where he
can't put his
own ideas a-
' Dr.w r.ariM
red to me that
maybe you would consider help
ing to put them across for him.
This is the season when thou
sands of American tourists are
sailing for Europe and when
Max would have especially
wanted his idea to be circulated.
Though Max was departing for
our most important of all em
bassies, he felt that no ambas
sador was any more important
than the rest of the American
people. In brief, he thought that
every traveling American,
whether he likes it or not, is an
unofficial ambassador, and as he
conducts himself abroad so he
builds up good will or ill will
for his country.
So Max figured it might be a
swell idea to take a leaf out of
the army's book and let every
one getting a passport also re
ceive a little pamphlet on the
importance of spreading good
will while traveling abroad.
The state department hands
out a lot of other dull visa
information with each passport
which nobody ever reads. It
might as well hand out some
human, readable information instead.
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
(
profits rolling back. Of these,
the big oil companies alone are
gobbling up more Marshall plan
dollars than the senators have
been able to save.
The amazing, little - realized
fact is that 20 per cent of the
money appropriated for the
Marshall Plan is spent for oil
products. And out of each dol
lar, the oil industry is squeez
ing a fantastic profit. What this
really amounts to is carpetbag
King at the expense of Euro
pean recovery and the American
taxpayer.
Here are some of the eye
opening ECA figures: It costs
the oil companies only 40 cents
for a barrel of Saudi Arabian
oil. Yet these companies have
been charging Marshall plan
nations $2.20 per barrel for fuel
oil. After a great deal of ECA
pressure, this was finally re
duced to $1.75 per barrel. Yet
for the same oil the navy pays
only $1.40 per barrel.
How is the navy able to buv
oil 35 cents cheaper is difficult i
"H VS (aZ&TW IT COSTS 7 4 A MUtTOFl
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Best Foxhole in Europe Is
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
By HAL BOYLE
Luxembourg. (Via Airmail) W The best foxhole in Europe
n th. .v.nt nf in atomic war is me irano uucnv or i,uxem-
to understand particularly be- bourg. '
irom This tiny
postcard coun
try has been
prepared for
200 years
against the
cause of the short haul
Saudi Arabia to Europe.
However, the probable ex
planation simply is that ECA is
not a tough customer. In fact,
ECA isn't permitted to deal di.
"LW"h,.,0'COm?an,M: dropping of the
u i tuc irasii ana . u m h
a to m
Deep beneath
the breath-tak
ing hills ot its
f s it I
sea - jav rmtmt
a severe head wound he cams
here to study the culture oi
Luxembourg to win hi: doctor
ate degree.
"The people have been extra
ordinarily friendly and co-operative,"
he said.
pictur e q u e
the mill and down to the con
veyor. There he waited for a
few moments, at last picking up
what he'd lost. You guessed it.
'Twas his uppers.
A small shower at cherry time
seemed
there's
Guess we're going to have to
pick another favorite waitress
as our current one advises she's
succumbed to the wile of Cupid
and plans to become a June
bride this very June. When
we asked her if she had her
inevitable but to date hope chest filled as opined she
little lkelihood that it has. "With hopes," she added.
Distressed Women Hit the Silk
McAlester, Okla. (Ti One hundred and fifty women In
distrrsa have hit the silk at the Oklahoma state penitentiary.
The lady prisoners are vearing parachute panties but
nobody's bailed out yet.
Warden Clarenee Bur ford nearly went into a spin himself
when the prison matrons reported a grove pantie shortage
In the women's ward. The state hadn't provided enough to
go round.
So when Rurfnrd heard of an airfnrce surplus sale he
he jumped at the rhanre.
A prison agent bought 300 'chutes two for each pantie
wearer. Matrons held jewing classes.
The result: happy landings on nylon.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Oldest Chinese War Lord
Carrying Nationalist Load
By DeWITT MncKtNZIE
tij For.icn Artalr. An.imi
The government of Nationalist China finally has been strapped
on the aging shoulders of the country's oldest war-lord Marshal
Yen Hsi-Shan of Shansi province who has been made Premier
of what is wide-
unwioldiness of China might be
enough to stop the communists
from making a complete con
quest. Marshal Yen is one of the
most colorful figures among the
old war lords. At one time he
was vastly rich the feudal lord
over territory about the size of
Great Britain.
Yen came into power during
ly regarded as
a "last straw"
regime
From Canton
the great outh
ern metropolis
which now is
capital comes
the grim word
that most na
tioualists feel if
old Yen fails to
hold the on-
UtHill Mftektnil
Just an Address
Chester, ra. 11 John MrCafferly, 4, arrested as a
hnmaleu vagrant Insisted the police were wrong he had
home, and gave Its address 114 Mrllvalna St.
Today MrCafferty fame hetnre Magistrate R. Robinson
Lowry.
"Where did yon get that address?" I.owry asked the de
fendant. "If lust an addrrM," MrCafferlv replied.
"I'll say It Is," said the magistrate. "That's whrre I live."
The sentence for vagrancy: 10 daya.
rushing Red advance from the the Chinese revolution of 1911
north, they will have lost their which resulted in the overthrow
last chance. The premier, in- of the Manchu dynasty. He
yoking the great fighting spirit "'en was a dashing young gen-
of his younger days, has pledged eral of about 30. Within five
himself to lead what remains of years he became known in
the nationalist armies in "a fight Shansi as a model "governor"
to the end for independence." of his 12.000.000 people because
In the background, of ronrse, he built roads and schools, mip-
Is Generalissimo Chiang Kal- pressed bandits and arrested
Shek who still makes the na- opium dealers. He became vast-
tionalist governments. If the ly rich.
nationalists should by' chance be All that "glory" belongs to.
able to withstand the commun- the past, however! The 68-year-
Ists. the real leader will be old marshal no longer Is that
Chiang. dashing young general of nearly
40 years ago. Still, he has a
Do the nationalists have any great reputation and his fiery
prospects at all of standing off spirit is willing though the flesh-
the communists? If you had to is weak. Moreover he long hat
wager your last cent on that been a foe of the communists,
question, the odds would com- Yen may prove to be a very
pel you to bet on the Reds, useful figure-head for the ship
They already have great reaches of state at this critical juncture,
nf northern China firmly In their Chiang's preparations to meet
grasp. the enemy remain obscure. How
However, southern China is ever, as reported In a previous
a vast and difficult area for con- column, the nationalists are said
quest. Many observers feel that to be preparing to re-establish
the fighting may continue for their government in the ancient
years, especially In Isolated city of Chungking, which was
reas. capital during the World War.
And who can say what might This would give them quirk ae
grow out of a civil war of attri- ress to India by air over the no
tion? The very vastnea end tonoua wartime "hump."
Before the American army
landed in England, every G.I.
was given a small booklet tell
ing him about the English peo
ple, reminding him that he was
a representative of his country,
that whatever he did would re
flect on his country.
The army did an A-l job of
selling the American soldiers
on getting along with their al
lies and most G.I.'s took the hint.
On the whole they were excel
lent ambassadors for the U.S.A.
I think what Max Gardner
had In mind was that an in
vading army of tourists can be
pretty much like an invading
army in wartime. Even though
we're fighting on the same side
or even though we're spending
tourist dollars, we sometimes
get in each other's hair.
The raucous American tour
ist who knows all, sees all and
wants to tell all. can cause his
country more harm than an am
bassador can patch up in a week.
He thinks that a surfeit of dol
lars can atone for a deficit nf
courtesy. On the other hand,
the kindly American who is
much more typical of this coun
try can create more good will
than a paid ambassador, because
there are so many of them.
As we all know, getting
around in Europe isn't so easy
these days. You butt your head
against a number of slow-moving
customs officials, slick-moving
waiters and dollar-greedy
hotel managers. And that's why
it's all the more important for
Americans traveling abroad to
be reminded that even though
they pay taxes to keep ambassa
dors plenipotentiary and envoys
extraordinary on the job. th'y
themselves can do an equally
important job of representing
their country abroad.
I realize that some know-it-all
Americans would resent being
given this word of advice when
their passports are handed out
by the state department. But I
don't think they'd resent it if
they knew it came from a great
human being like Max Gardner
who is always thinking about
his country first and who isn't
around to help his country any
more. Sincerely yours.
Drew Pearson.
While economy - at - any - cost
senators are chopping off dol
lars going to Europe under the
Marshall plan, they have com
pletely overlooked the unfair
leaves it to the individual coun
tries to arrange the price.
ECA is constantly hammprinv
f u i COmp'"'B' however, capitali one
'" V w"nm rea" the world's most
....... jMonrcu vl using ine lasn
of public criticism, ECA is mere
ly slapping the oil boys over the
wrist in private. As a result ECA
has got nowhere.
The spnato mi.M .1..
it more economical to demand 'dJn i"1h1! LS
more value from the dollars
spent rather than to cut appro
priations. In that way, Marshall
Luxembourgers have had t
weary time trying to live up to
their national motto: "We Wanl
to Remain What We Are."
The country is a natural
cities, lie 17 miles of defensive stronghold, a crossroads for in
tunnels. vasion armies moving across Eu-
.1.1. ... j..- it,. .rin rope, and its name means "little
1700s, and they could easily
said David Ned Blackmer, 33, of
Binghampton, N.Y.
The little monarchy, ruled by
fortress." It has been a military
outpost since Roman times.
More than most small coun
tries Luxembourg knows th
cost of being a football to tht
-I -i-.i ... ... i-. nnh... rh.rlnll. i. nnlv Dig powers, ii HRiecu in 1001 in
rT' ua 06 Slrelcnea :,,-Trk.:.n demolish its fortifications in re-
juuin lariner. "aa oMa. rr
NOTE The Federal Trade ulation of about 300,000
commission is also investigating Blackmer.
oil profits under the Marshall a"er the war like many an
plan to find out whether the other American soldier he
anti - trust laws have been wanted to learn more about the
violated. lands ne naa rougnt across.
(Coprriiht ltit)
turn for a guarantee of "eternal
. . . nntitratilv ,f Sinr then n.rmin
troops, have wheeled across H
in three wars.
Ge r m a n commanders took
So what they wanted, even forced
when he had recuperated from Luxembourgers to serve in their
armies.
How to Untree a Treed Cat
Newport, N. H. Jf) Newport firemen believe they have
solved the treed cat problem.
Called out to rescue a yowler from a lofty perch one
night, the firemen first tried a ladder, but the feline only
climbed to a higher, more Inaccessible limb.
Then they hooked ap hose and directed e light spray
over the cat. The cat came down without more ado.
SALEM HOSPITAL DRIVE
Crowded Conditions Called
Skeleton in Closet
(Editor's Note: In a few weeks the Salem hospital develop
ment program will be brought before the people of the
Salem area. So that questions being raised may be known
by all, along with the answers, the Capital Journal is co
operating by printing them daily. Questions may he directed
to the hospital program headquarters, 335 N. High St., or
may be phoned to 2-3851.)
QUESTION: Dr. M. K. Crothers, what is your observation on
the crowded conditions of our hospitals?
ANSWER: One very bad feature of this is that the sickest
patients, being the most recent "
admissions, have to take the ac- When the supervisor saw the
commodations that are left and condition of the infant, she ar
these are all too frequently in ranged to put the child in a
the hallway. Many a patient room, but to do so had to move
with pneumonia or a ruptured another baby with non-epidemic
appendix has been put to bed meningitis into a ward,
in the hallway in both our hos- j wa, recounting 1his incident
P''ls- to another doctor who told me
The situation really is a skcl- tnat few weekj before chnd
elon in our community closet. with an epidemic meningitis had
A seven-month-old baby had had to be transferred to the
a temperature of 107, and the Portland Isolation Hospital. Ev-
iremu cry ana grunting resoira- trv physician in town has had
But this tiny door mat of Eu
rope is beginning to bristle. It
has found "neutrality" doesn't
pay.
"They are a little imperial"
istic now," laughed Blackmer,
"They want a slice of Germany,
That is they want the land
but not the Germans who live
on it."
numerous similar experiences.
This stale of affairs must
" u,.:.k 1 il .1 :
three children. There . .J . , "
ui cam uitr oi us, lui, nierauy,
the lives of our children are
tion of a child desperately ill
with pneumonia. A home-made
trailer housed the family of par
ents and
had been measles in the family
nnH a rash riirannparinff on the
baby might have been measles, being put in jeopardy by it.
Hospital administrators are
properly reluctant to get con
tagious disease cases into a gen
eral hospital, but hospitalization
was imperative for this baby.
Neither hospital had any beds
except in the hallway, but it was
apparent the child would die
without oxygen, penicillin, and
good nursing.
And Luxembourg has raised
its pre-war army of 300 men t
10,000. This is really a token
gesture, however, to give a le
galistic basis to its claim that its
soldiers should be treated as
war prisoners rather than Im
pressed into foreign conquering
armies.
How long Luxembourgers
could hold out in the event of
another invasion attack is prob
lematical unless they were
quickly reinforced.
"But they are wiring the old
tunnels again," said Blackmer.
During the last war Luxem
bourg served as the headquar
ters of Gen. George S. Patton'l
third army and the U.S. nintft
airforce. It was saved from des
truction during the battle of the
bulge in 1944. and the people
are now strongly pro-American,
"They love American cars."
said Blackmer. and there are
probably more American-made
cars per capita here than there
are in the United States."
On the other hand, there are
also more Luxembourgers in
Chicago than there are in the
capital city here, and more Lux-1
embourgers in America thae
now live in Luxembourg coun'
try itself.
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